#governed

This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments. ↗

— Jacques Delors

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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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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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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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Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

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The world cannot be governed without juggling. ↗

— John Selden

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

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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

— Nong Duc Manh

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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

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