#rulers

Princes always are always happy to see developing among their subjects the taste for agreeable arts and for superfluities which do not result in the export of money. For quite apart from the fact that with these they nourish that spiritual pettiness so appropriate for servitude, they know very well that all the needs which people give themselves are so many chains binding them. When Alexander wished to keep the Ichthyophagi dependent on him, he forced them to abandon fishing and to nourish themselves on foods common to other people. And no one has been able to subjugate the savages in America, who go around quite naked and live only from what their hunting provides. In fact, what yoke could be imposed on men who have no need of anything? ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#america #rulers #art

In the privacy of my dreams, I'm a warrior. ↗

— Kimberly Derting

#fantasy #kings #queens #rulers #social-class

You should not do this, Comrade. We are only in the introductory stage yet, here in Western Europe. And in that stage it is better to encourage the fighters than the rulers. ↗

— Herman Gorter

#comrade #encourage #europe #fighters #here

The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them. ↗

— Patrick Henry

#ever #liberties #may #never #nor

It is our grave mistake that for many years we neglected pro-Western groups in order to avoid any friction with the existing rulers. ↗

— Jose Maria Aznar

#avoid #existing #friction #grave #groups

The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of common man. ↗

— William Beveridge

#common man #glory #government #happiness #man

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people. ↗

— James Bovard

#american people #between #exploiting #fear #federal

Keep a clear eye toward life's end. Do not forget your purpose and destiny as God's creature. What you are in his sight is what you are and nothing more. Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing that you have received...but only what you have given; a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage. ↗

— Francis of Assisi

#death #god #honesty #letters-to-rulers-of-people #love

The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

#exercise #invisible #power #real #rulers

I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level. ↗

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

#allow #am #arab #dean #descend