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The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: 'that God governs in the affairs of men.' And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? – Benjamin Franklin	added by Normando 3 months ago
If she governs as she has campaigned over the summer, she will be a disaster not just for Scotland but for the UK, but let’s hope that’s not the case. – Nicola Sturgeon	Found on Reuters 1 year ago
There is but one law for all, namely, that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity -- the law of nature, and of nations. – Edmund Burke	added by Normando 2 years ago
You have two options: Either you have a pope or you don’t have one, and as long as you have a pope – and in the case here he’s not dead – he governs the church, even if he’s dying, he governs the church. – Kurt Martens	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. That government is best which governs least. – Thomas Jefferson	added by Normando 3 years ago
We worked very closely with them on the (new) language, the administrative rule has the same effect as law, and it governs all licensed therapists and doctors. – Craig Hall	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The administrative rule has the same effect as law, and it governs all licensed therapists and doctors. – Craig Hall	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
As the Founding Fathers knew well, a government that does not trust its honest, law-abiding, taxpaying citizens with the means of self-defense is not itself worthy of trust. Laws disarming honest citizens proclaim that the government is the master, not the servant of the people... The Bill of Rights does not grant rights to the people, such that its repeal would legitimately confer upon government the powers otherwise proscribed. The Bill of Rights is the list of the fundamental, inalienable rights, endowed in man by his Creator, that define what it means to be a free and independent people, the rights which must exist to ensure that government governs only with the consent of the people. – Jeffrey R. Snyder	added by Normando 4 years ago
Acero Schools management is desperate, and our pressure is working. There is nothing illegal about our strike over wages, benefits, class size and other conditions that are mandatory subjects of bargaining under the federal labor law that governs this contract. – President Jesse Sharkey	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Over the course of this leadership election, the NEC has proven it is not fit for purpose and it confirmed many members' fears that it is neither effective nor professional in the way it governs the party. – Steven Woolfe	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
It's good that Macri has Obama's support. But what he needs is the support of the Argentine people, if he governs only for the rich and keeps cutting state spending, his popularity won't last. – Carlos Guglielmi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The core of what we are offering is alternatives to how Egypt is governed, not who governs Egypt. – Hamdeen Sabahy	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It reaffirms that the rule of law governs local law enforcement officials, no matter how convinced they are of their own rightness, the sheriff's naked threat of government power did not fool the court. – Robert Corn-Revere	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I don't want to ban any contraceptive efforts, obviously, my faith has a teaching that governs me in my personal life on these issues. But I think our laws on those issues are different. – Florida Sen. Marco Rubio	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt. – Susan Sontag	added by anonymous 10 years ago
It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most. – Walter Lippmann	added by anonymous 10 years ago
A glorious Church is like a magnificent feast; there is all the variety that may be, but every one chooses out a dish or two that he likes, and lets the rest alone: how glorious soever the Church is, every one chooses out of it his own religion, by which he governs himself, and lets the rest alone. – John Selden	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves: he that hunts, or he that governs the commonwealth, they both please themselves alike, only we commend that, whereby we ourselves receive some benefit. – John Selden	added by anonymous 10 years ago
To have respect for ourselves guides our morals; and to have a deference for others governs our manners. – Lawrence Sterne	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The golden rule of cats that governs all relationships we have with people: you scratch my back, you scratch my back. – David Fisher, Conversations with My Cat	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Peace has in it trust in the Lord, that He governs all things, provides all things, and leads to a good end. – Emanuel Swedenborg, From the book "Arcana Coelestia" #8455	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing. – Thomas Aquinas	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Passion governs, and she never governs wisely. – Benjamin Franklin, In response to the situation of the colonists	added by anonymous 13 years ago
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves. – Thomas Jefferson	added by anonymous 14 years ago

The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: 'that God governs in the affairs of men.' And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?

– Benjamin Franklin

added by Normando
3 months ago

If she governs as she has campaigned over the summer, she will be a disaster not just for Scotland but for the UK, but let’s hope that’s not the case.

– Nicola Sturgeon

Found on Reuters
1 year ago

There is but one law for all, namely, that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity -- the law of nature, and of nations.

– Edmund Burke

added by Normando
2 years ago

You have two options: Either you have a pope or you don’t have one, and as long as you have a pope – and in the case here he’s not dead – he governs the church, even if he’s dying, he governs the church.

– Kurt Martens

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. That government is best which governs least.

– Thomas Jefferson

added by Normando
3 years ago

We worked very closely with them on the (new) language, the administrative rule has the same effect as law, and it governs all licensed therapists and doctors.

– Craig Hall

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The administrative rule has the same effect as law, and it governs all licensed therapists and doctors.

– Craig Hall

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

As the Founding Fathers knew well, a government that does not trust its honest, law-abiding, taxpaying citizens with the means of self-defense is not itself worthy of trust. Laws disarming honest citizens proclaim that the government is the master, not the servant of the people... The Bill of Rights does not grant rights to the people, such that its repeal would legitimately confer upon government the powers otherwise proscribed. The Bill of Rights is the list of the fundamental, inalienable rights, endowed in man by his Creator, that define what it means to be a free and independent people, the rights which must exist to ensure that government governs only with the consent of the people.

– Jeffrey R. Snyder

added by Normando
4 years ago

Acero Schools management is desperate, and our pressure is working. There is nothing illegal about our strike over wages, benefits, class size and other conditions that are mandatory subjects of bargaining under the federal labor law that governs this contract.

– President Jesse Sharkey

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Over the course of this leadership election, the NEC has proven it is not fit for purpose and it confirmed many members' fears that it is neither effective nor professional in the way it governs the party.

– Steven Woolfe

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It's good that Macri has Obama's support. But what he needs is the support of the Argentine people, if he governs only for the rich and keeps cutting state spending, his popularity won't last.

– Carlos Guglielmi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The core of what we are offering is alternatives to how Egypt is governed, not who governs Egypt.

– Hamdeen Sabahy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It reaffirms that the rule of law governs local law enforcement officials, no matter how convinced they are of their own rightness, the sheriff's naked threat of government power did not fool the court.

– Robert Corn-Revere

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I don't want to ban any contraceptive efforts, obviously, my faith has a teaching that governs me in my personal life on these issues. But I think our laws on those issues are different.

– Florida Sen. Marco Rubio

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt.

– Susan Sontag

added by anonymous
10 years ago

It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most.

– Walter Lippmann

added by anonymous
10 years ago

A glorious Church is like a magnificent feast; there is all the variety that may be, but every one chooses out a dish or two that he likes, and lets the rest alone: how glorious soever the Church is, every one chooses out of it his own religion, by which he governs himself, and lets the rest alone.

– John Selden

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves: he that hunts, or he that governs the commonwealth, they both please themselves alike, only we commend that, whereby we ourselves receive some benefit.

– John Selden

added by anonymous
10 years ago

To have respect for ourselves guides our morals; and to have a deference for others governs our manners.

– Lawrence Sterne