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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.

Quote by Confucius about poverty, country, wealth

It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about weakness, man

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about man

The human race is governed by its imagination.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about imagination, human imperfections

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about guvernement, difficulties, man

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.

Quote by James Joyce about emotions, man

Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles, he can only discover them.

Quote by Thomas Paine about science, man

And my Christianity, first and foremost, governed the way that I tried to deal with people.

Quote by Mike Pence about guvernement, people

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

Quote by William Penn about nation, people

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Quote by William Penn about man, god

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.

Quote by Dale Carnegie about succes, attitude, happiness