#verne

This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments. ↗

— Jacques Delors

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In Algeria, I had begun to get into literature and philosophy. I dreamed of writing-and already models were instructing the dream, a certain language governed it. ↗

— Jacques Derrida

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Cleverness is not wisdom. ↗

— Euripides

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The bold are helpless without cleverness. ↗

— Euripides

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The world is governed by opinion. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim. ↗

— Henry Fielding

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In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of. ↗

— Confucius

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An educated people can be easily governed. ↗

— Frederick The Great

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The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed. ↗

— William Henry Harrison

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If the Church is a living body united to the same head, governed by the same laws, and pervaded by the same Spirit, it is impossible that one part should be independent of all the rest. ↗

— Charles Hodge

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