Nature governs man by no principle more fixed than that which leads him to pursue his interest.
- John Tyler
The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.
- Edmund Burke
Our founders insisted that protecting the states' power to govern themselves was vital to limit the power of Washington and preserve freedom.
- Mike Pence
Knowledge will forever govern ignorance.
- James Madison
The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion-these are the two things that govern us.