#rule

Rulers who want to unleash war know very well that they must procure or invent a first victim. ↗

— Elias Canetti

#invent #know #must #procure #rulers

The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure. ↗

— Elias Canetti

#cannot #difference #even #exact #failure

The United States and the European Union do want to have a rule of law, and that rule of law should be for a fair trial. And that fair trial needs to have an impartial jury. ↗

— Maria Cantwell

#european union #fair #fair trial #impartial #jury

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself. ↗

— Truman Capote

#does #fine #just #knowing #laws

My father kept me busy from dawn to dusk when I was a kid. When I wasn't pitching hay, hauling corn or running a tractor, I was heaving a baseball into his mitt behind the barn... If all the parents in the country followed his rule, juvenile delinquency would be cut in half in a year's time. ↗

— Bob Feller

#baseball #behind #busy #corn #country

Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment he allows his actions to be ruled by passion. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#allows #becomes #everything #free #his

Other than the laws of physics, rules have never really worked out for me. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#me #never #other #out #physics

Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist. ↗

— Andrew Vachss

#any #between #flawed #hero #journalism

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#always #am #attack #come #country

I have the same goal I've had ever since I was a girl: I want to rule the world. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#girl #goal #had #i #rule