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Governance Quotes

"In framing a government, 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"

"Everything is governed by interest "

"Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice"

"The government will neither believe itself to possess the power, nor permit it to be usurped by others"

"The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership"

"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government"

"The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over its government"

"The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation"

"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage"

"He who becomes a Prince through the favor of the people should always keep on good terms with them"

"The capacity for self-government and the determination to protect their own liberties must resist usurpations as well as avoid making them "

"The welfare of the people is the ultimate law"

"Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it"

"The principle that property should be protected and instability reduced is right, but the specific policies need to be carefully crafted."

"Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few"

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