Quotes about Governing

It is a thoroughly anti-Christian doctrine that the Spirit of God, and therefore the life and governing power of the Church, resides in the ministry, to the exclusion of the people.

We have been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. But if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else?

A weak point of mine was maybe little resolve in governing and making decisions.

We've been conditioned to associate governing with self-promoting arrogance, corruption, inequality, and inefficiency. But

God should be the object of all our desires, the end of all our actions, the principle of all our affections, and the governing power of our whole souls.