To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
Charles de Gaulle
Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
Alexander Hamilton
The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.
William Henry Harrison
One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.
George Herbert
Those who own the country ought to govern it.
John Jay
You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.
Victor Kiam
To govern is to choose. To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern.
Nigel Lawson
There is no doubt a president has to govern for everyone.
Enrique Pena Nieto
I very much believe in values-based leadership and that the values that I believe in and try to govern by are transcendent values.
Deval Patrick
Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
William Penn