Governance Quotes
Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.
Dangerous consequences will follow when politicians and rulers forget moral principles. Whether we believe in God or karma, ethics is the foundation of every religion.
Employ the people as though you were assisting at an important sacrifice. Then there will be no feelings of opposition to you.
Let a ruler base his government upon virtuous principles, and he will be like the pole-star, which remains steadfast in its place, while all the host of stars turn towards it.
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
The Communists say that there are the only two means of establishing communism. The first is violence. Nothing short of it will suffice to break up the existing system. The other is dictatorship of the proletariat. Nothing short of it will suffice to continue the new system.
Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.
The Constitution is not a mere lawyer's document; it is a vehicle of life, and its spirit is always the spirit of the age.
I have no religion, and at times I wish all religions at the bottom of the sea. He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap.
If you want to be free, or you want to preserve freedom for people, you both need to have laws that make it so people have freedom of speech and all the freedoms that they need. You also need to have an open governance system where people can vote and people have representation.
State, I call it, where they all drink poison, the good and the wicked; "state," where they all lose themselves, the good and the wicked; "state," where they all call their slow suicide-"life."
I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!
May it be my privilege to have the happiness of establishing the commonwealth on a firm and secure basis and thus enjoy the reward which I desire, but only if I may be called the author of the best possible government; and bear with me the hope when I die that the foundations which I have laid for its future government, will stand firm and stable.
I pointed out that globally Canada is up against big countries (China, for one) that can address some major issues quickly. It's ridiculous for anyone to suggest that I of all people would trade our rights and freedoms for any other system of government. Some countries play by rules we wouldn't and shouldn't ever accept, but, we still have to compete with them. We need to get better at coming together to address big issues, and that's what I asked people to think about last night.
You can't run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about gathering around extraordinary individuals and getting the best out of them.
Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: 'Do I love my people in order to serve them better? Am I humble and do I listen to everybody, to diverse opinions in order to choose the best path?' If you don't ask those questions, your governance will not be good.
Those called to the service of governance in the church need to have a strong sense of justice, so that any form of injustice becomes unacceptable.
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