Rule Quotes

The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

The world no longer has a choice between force and law; if civilization is to survive, it must choose the rule of law.

The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law.

Mob rule cannot be allowed to override the decisions of our courts.

We, the people, elect leaders not to rule but to serve.

If civilization is to survive, it must choose the rule of law.

A government which uses force to maintain its rule teaches the oppressed to use force to oppose it.

The grave plight of the people compels them to resist to the death the stinking policies of the gangsters that rule our country.

By ancestry, I was born to rule.

When I was younger I made it a rule never to take strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast.

What is the true and original root of Dutch aversion to British rule? It is the abiding fear and hatred of the movement that seeks to place the native on a level with the white man ... the Kaffir is to be declared the brother of the European, to be constituted his legal equal, to be armed with political rights.

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.

Let optimists rule the world.

My mother had a rule, obviously, that I couldn't go across the street by myself, but I had to find a way of doing it.

Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that's better left unsaid.

The Noah rule: Predicting rain doesn't count; building arks does.

Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.

Make it a point to do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once a week.