“The people are fashioned according to the example of their kings; and edicts are of less power than the life of their ruler.” PeopleExampleKingsRulers Author:Claudius Claudianus
“[Shahrazad] had perused the books, annals and legends of preceding Kings, and the stories, examples and instances of by gone men and things; indeed it was said that she had collected a thousand books of histories relating to antique races and departed rulers. She had perused the works of the poets and knew them by heart; she had studied philosophy and the sciences, arts and accomplishments; and she was pleasant and polite, wise and witty, well read and well bred.” MenWellsHeartArtSaidBookPhilosophyStoriesRaceGoneWiseExamplePoetKingsThousandWittyInstanceAccomplishmentPleasantLegendsRulersPoliteAntiquesDeparted Book:One Thousand and One Nights - Complete Arabian Nights Collection (Delphi Classics) Source: One Thousand and One Nights - Complete Arabian Nights Collection (Delphi Classics)
“The house of representatives ... can make no law, which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as the great mass of society. This has always been deemed one of the strongest bonds by which human policy can connect the rulers and the people together. It creates between them that communion of interest, and sympathy of sentiments, of which few governments have furnished examples; but without which every government degenerates into tyranny.” PeopleHumansWellsGovernmentTogetherLawPoliticalHousePoliticsInterestPolicyExampleMassTyrannyOperationsSentimentsStrongestRulersRepresentativesCommunionDegeneratesHouse Of Representatives Author:James Madison
“[W]hich category of crimes does the State pursue and punish most intensely? [T]hose against private citizens or those against itself? The gravest crimes in the State's lexicon are almost invariably not invasions of private person or property, but dangers to its own contentment, for example, treason, desertion of a soldier to the enemy, failure to register for the draft, subversion and subversive conspiracy, assassination of rulers and such economic crimes against the State as counterfeiting its money or evasion of its income tax.” PersonsDoeStatesEnemyEconomicCrimeDangerExampleCitizensTaxesPropertySoldierIncomePursueContentmentCategoriesConspiracyRulersInvasionRegisterIncome TaxTreasonAssassinationSubversiveEvasionSubversionLexiconDesertion Author:Murray Rothbard
“At the moment, for example, maybe ten percent of money in the world is related to goods and services. Ninety percent of money is just moving around the world, chasing money. So, money has become the ruler. And we have become the servant.” WorldMomentsMovingExampleTenPercentAround The WorldServantRelatedGoodsRulersChasingNinetyGoods And ServicesChasing Money Author:Satish Kumar