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In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of. ↗

— Confucius

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An educated people can be easily governed. ↗

— Frederick The Great

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The assumption that nature is all there is, and that nature has been governed by the same rules at all times and places, makes it possible for natural science to be confident that it can explain such things as how life began. ↗

— Phillip E. Johnson

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Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion. ↗

— James Joyce

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And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible. ↗

— Alan Rickman

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

— Samuel Adams

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In Algeria, I had begun to get into literature and philosophy. I dreamed of writing-and already models were instructing the dream, a certain language governed it. ↗

— Jacques Derrida

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The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim. ↗

— Henry Fielding

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If the Church is a living body united to the same head, governed by the same laws, and pervaded by the same Spirit, it is impossible that one part should be independent of all the rest. ↗

— Charles Hodge

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