The first rule for getting out of holes is to stop.

First, a man of sense would have known that a single experiment is not sufficient to establish a general rule even in sciences much less complicated than the science of government; that, since the beginning of the world, no two political experiments were ever made of which all the conditions were exactly alike; and that the only way to learn civil prudence from history is to examine and compare an immense number of cases.

It may be laid as an universal rule that a government which attempts more than it ought will perform less

The internal effects of a mutable policy are still more calamitous. It poisons the blessing of liberty itself. It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man, who knows what the law is to-day, can guess what it will be to-morrow. Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known, and less fixed?

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

I have always believed the iron rule of politics was that women don’t vote for men who yell.

The duke contents himself mainly with attempting to rule the world and other suchlike nonsense. When one is guiding the patterns of the social universe, a single spinster preternatural is unlikely to cause one undue distress.

We enjoy freedom and the rule of law on which it depends, not because we deserve it, but because others before us put their lives on the line to defend it

If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today

The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.

History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.

Realists are, as a rule, only men in the rut of routine who are incapable of transcending a narrow circle of antiquated notions.

No,” said the priest, “you don’t need to accept everything as true, you only have to accept it as necessary.” “Depressing view,” said K. “The lie made into the rule of the world.

Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.

I’m vile and perverted. I’m obsessed and deranged. I’ve existed for years but very little has changed. I’m the tool of the government and industry too. For I’m destined to rule and regulate you. You may think I’m pernicious, but you can’t look away. I’ll make you think I’m delicious with the stuff that I say. I’m the best you can get… Have you guessed me yet? I’m the slime oozing out of your TV set.

Viking women were able to rule kingdoms, divorce husbands, own land; and Vikings were very progressive in terms of the rights of women.

I would say that today, dishonesty is the rule, and honesty the exception. It could be, statistically, that more people are honest than dishonest, but the few that really control things are not honest, and that tips the balance

The blue-sided human will choose a side. When four princes are born on the same day, they will rule true. Her saviour will die when the choice is made.

If you don’t rule your mind, your mind will rule you.

Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn’t write it down and sign it, don’t say it.

It’s like the Wild West, the Internet. There are no rules.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men

We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.et circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.

Now one of the changes that must come to Africa is the idea of limited rule, I mean in term of how long one leader can stay in power. The era of president for life is not gone yet but it is on its way out and that is one of the problems with Mugabe and others.

You can live by your own rules

I felt for the tormented whirlwinds Damned for their carnal sins Committed when they let their passions rule their reason.

The only rule is don’t be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in.

Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule.

Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.

Talent and genius operate outside the rules, and theory conflicts with practice.

Extinction is the rule, survival is the exception.

That’s home. That’s us. It underscores the responsibility to deal more kindly and compassionately with one another and to preserve and cherish that pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.

Man strives toward reason only so that he can make rules for himself.

Life itself has no rules—that is its mystery and its unknown law. What you call knowledge is an attempt to impose something comprehensible on life.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other

The less we understand of what our forebears sought, the less we understand ourselves. And thus, we help with all our might to rob the individual of his roots and his guiding instincts, so that he becomes a particle in the mass, ruled only by what Neitzsche called, ‘the spirit of gravity.

In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.

It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between

My doctrine is not a doctrine but just a vision. I have not given you any set rules, I have not given you a system.

My rule is to break one sweat a day.

The unsaid rule for living in a trailer park is: ‘If the door’s shut, don’t come a-knockin.’ But if it’s open and you’re walkin’ by, feel free to say, ‘Hello.’

I rule my destiny.

Democracy don’t rule the world, You’d better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that’s better left unsaid.

Gonna change my way of thinking, make my self a different set of rules. Gonna put my good foot forward and stop being influenced by fools.

I think women rule the world and that no man has ever done anything that a woman either hasn’t allowed him to do or encouraged him to do.

Life’s six rules for success. 1. Trust yourself. 2. Break some rules. 3. Don’t be afraid to fail. 4. Ignore the naysayers. 5. Work like hell. 6. Give something back.

If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.

My only rule is to keep moving, for a pump and cardio at the same time. Rest as little as possible. After an hour, you will feel fantastic and your muscles won’t know what hit them.

None of my rules of success will work unless you do.

They who search after the Philosopher’s Stone [are] by their own rules obliged to a strict and religious life.

You have to make the rules, not follow them.

Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules

As a rule, he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success in life.

Two purposes in human nature rule. Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain

Be content with what nature made you, or run the risk of earning contempt by trying to be what you’re not

Better no rule than cruel rule.

Business is a money game with few rules and a lot of risk.

If you want to be successful, respect one rule. Never let failure take control of you.

A single idea from the human mind can build cities. An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules.

The best people need little supervision.