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Ruling Quotes

Unrecognized alcoholism is the ruling pathology among writers and intellectuals.

Diana Trilling (1993). “The Beginning of the Journey: The Marriage of Diana and Lionel Trilling”, Harcourt

When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, "In ruling people."

"Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book 6: The Cynics". Book by Diogenes Laërtius translated by R. D. Hicks, 1925.

The state is the executive committee of the ruling class.

Karl Marx, Hal Draper, Friedrich Engels (1984). “The annotated communist manifesto”

Dreams cannot be tamed. Dreamers cannot be ruled.

FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jan 30, 2012

Ruling elders are declared to be the representatives of the people.

Charles Hodge (1855). “What is Presbyterianism?: An Address Delivered Before the Presbyterian Historical Society at Their Anniversary Meeting in Philadelphia, on Tuesday Evening, May 1, 1855”, p.16

When you find out a man's ruling passion, beware of crossing him in it.

William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1482, Delphi Classics

After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling.

"Cinna ou la Clémence d'Auguste (Cinna or the clemency of Caesar Augustus)". Comedy by Pierre Corneille (Act II, Scene I), 1641.

One hardly saves a world without ruling it.

"History and Utopia". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1960.