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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason. ↗

— Samuel Adams

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Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want. ↗

— Clive Barnes

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And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best? ↗

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

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I deeply believe that if the Australian Labor Party, a party of which I have been a proud member for more than 30 years, is to have the best future for our nation, then it must change fundamentally its culture and to end the power of faceless men. Australia must be governed by the people, not by the factions. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

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A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights. ↗

— Leland Stanford

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As a rule, our largest cities are the worst governed. ↗

— Josiah Strong

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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

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He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and favorable hearers. ↗

— Richard Hooker

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I think everything should be governed by law. We don't want to keep secrets anymore. ↗

— Nong Duc Manh

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