#govern

A building or a town will only be alive to the extent that it is governed in a timeless way. It is a process which brings order out of nothing but ourselves; it cannot be attained, but it will happen of its own accord, if we will only let it. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

#alive #attained #brings #building #cannot

Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. ↗

— Lord Acton

#discussion #faith #good #good faith #government

No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent. ↗

— Susan B. Anthony

#consent #enough #good #govern #her

The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government. ↗

— Todd Akin

#branch #court #courts #general #government

If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#political-philosophy #nature

One of the strongest natural proofs of the folly of hereditary right in kings, is, that nature disapproves it, otherwise, she would not so frequently turn it into ridicule by giving mankind an ass for a lion. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#government #monarchy #wit #nature

Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong. ↗

— John Ralston Saul

#government #morals #ethics

Anarchy is like custard cooking over a flame; it has to be constantly stirred or it sticks and gets heavy, like government. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#cuba #government #passivity #revolution #anarchy

Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government. Public servants at such a distance, and from under the eye of their constituents, must, from the circumstance of distance, be unable to administer and overlook all the details necessary for the good government of the citizens; and the same circumstance, by rendering detection impossible to their constituents, will invite public agents to corruption, plunder and waste. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#political-philosophy #corruption

Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#government #politics #charity