“Themosticles said "The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you”
Plutarch
“The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you.”
Themistocles
“It is not I who have lost the Athenians, but the Athenians who have lost me”
Anaxagoras
“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?”
Benjamin Franklin
“The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.”
Voltaire
“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
