#ruling

The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life ... A ruling group is a ruling group so long as it can nominate its successors ... Who wields power is not important, provided that the hierarchical structure remains always the same. ↗

— George Orwell

#oligarchy #ruling-class #life

Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#been #called #given #kingdom #long

If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear. ↗

— Ivo Andric

#die #fear #how #know #little

The president typically never does comment on anything involving the Supreme Court cases, Supreme Court ruling, or Supreme Court finding, typically. ↗

— Ari Fleischer

#cases #comment #court #court cases #does

Despite its enormous power and wealth, China's ruling elite remains absolutely petrified that the free flow of information will undermine its political legitimacy, particularly among China's younger generation. ↗

— Tom Lantos

#among #china #despite #elite #enormous

I don't think that anybody should be ruling in or ruling out anything while we are conducting diplomacy. ↗

— Douglas Feith

#anything #conducting #diplomacy #i #out

A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than the celebrated Marxian formula of monopoly in the means of production. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#communication #define #elite #formula #may

The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#passion #reason #ruling #still #will

We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours? ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#battles #been #black #champions #class

One hardly saves a world without ruling it. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#ruling #saves #without #world