“If you would be revenged of your enemy, govern yourself.”
Benjamin Franklin
“If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self”
“The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid?”
“It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.”
Voltaire
“The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.”
“Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.”
Lao Tzu
“Governments (derive) their just powers from the consent of the governed”
Thomas Jefferson