Governing Quotes

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well. - Louisa May Alcott

A guy in a Parisian laboratory opens up your sample, you know, Jean Francois so-and-so, and he tests it nobody's there to observe, no protocol was followed and then you get a call from a newspaper that says, 'We found you to be positive six times for EPO.' Well, since when did newspapers start governing sports? - Lance Armstrong

A fair day's wage for a fair day's work: it is as just a demand as governed men ever made of governing. It is the everlasting right of man. - Thomas Carlyle

[Fred Wertheimer, a longtime advocate for campaign finance reform, called DeLay] the king of a Washington-lobbyist, influence-money approach for governing America. ... pay-to-play philosophy. - Fred Wertheimer

[AMMAN, Jordan -- Shortly after the 25-member Governing Council was appointed in Iraq, the head of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, questioned the U.S.-appointed Council's legitimacy.] If this Council was elected... it would have gained much power and credibility. - Amr Moussa