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In Great Britain the king reigns, but does not govern.
That made him govern himself.
They that govern the most make the least noise.
You must learn to govern your temper.
He that would govern others, first should be master of himself.
How could we govern others when we cannot govern ourselves?
In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist. It is against natural order that the great number should govern and that the few should be governed.
Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.
They wanted the right to govern themselves.
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, 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.
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The old king governed the land wisely.
Americans are not libertarians in the Cato Institute sense of the word, but they are folk libertarians in this sense of impulsive behaviour, which is a feature of American life that anyone who wants to govern the United States, Democratic or Republican, has to be aware of.
Govern yourselves like civilized people.
a student who could not govern his impulses
Find the strength, courage, and discipline to govern yourself or be governed by someone else.
Chance governs the outcome of many card games.
a valve that governs fuel intake
The weight and c.g. of the aircraft were within limits at takeoff and were calculated to have remained so until the tail began to disintegrate in flight. Both engines were developing a high level of power at impact, and the APU was rotating at or near governed speed. The landing gear, flaps, and spoiler/speed brakes were retracted. There was no evidence of structural or system failures other than those directly resulting from the fire.
from my vncles country of Medea, Where all my youth I haue bene gouerned, […]
In Latin (Russian, German, etc.), not only verbs, but also prepositions, may govern the noun, pronoun or noun-phrase dependent upon them in a particular case: e.g. ad urbem, ‘to the city’ (ad ‘takes the accusative’: urbem) v. ab urbe, ‘from the city’ (ab ‘takes the ablative’: urbe).
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