#reign

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

#finally #forms #government #grow #must

Power must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and the recognition of our human capacity for error. That is the maxim that should inform our approach to every challenge, from reforming state government to engaging in foreign affairs. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#approach #capacity #challenge #engaging #error

I believe our foreign assistance should be scrutinized, should be debated, and that we should strike the right balance, but in all cases the foreign assistance that we provide around the world should be used to further our national security interests. ↗

— John Sununu

#assistance #balance #believe #cases #debated

No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor. ↗

— Tacitus

#been #doubted #emperor #had #his

I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world. ↗

— Taliesin

#his #i #lord #over #praise

We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once. ↗

— Townsend Harris

#foreign trade #once #open #ports #trade

In better times the religion of the tribe or state has nothing in common with the private and foreign superstitions or magical rites that savage terror may dictate to the individual. ↗

— William Robertson Smith

#common #dictate #foreign #individual #magical

American teachers have one indisputable advantage over foreign ones; they understand the American temperament and can judge its unevenness, its lights and its shadows. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

#american #foreign #indisputable #judge #lights

I want to get back to my fighting weight of 98 pounds. I have the exact measurements of that guy from the movie, Powder. Right now, I am the reigning West Coast Powder. ↗

— David Spade

#back #coast #exact #fighting #get

I was afterwards sorry for this, though, if I ever travel again, I shall trust to none but natives, as the climate of Africa is too trying to foreigners. ↗

— John H. Speke

#afterwards #again #climate #ever #foreigners