Councils Govern

Famous quotes containing the words councils and/or govern:

    “Don’t you see what my power does for me? I could sit in on the councils of kings and dictators. It makes me king. It makes me—Nemesis.”
    —Lester Cole (1904–1985)

    “What if there’s nothing up there at the top?
    Where are the captains that govern mankind?
    What tears down a tree that has nothing within it?
    A blast of wind, O a marching wind,
    March wind, and any old tune,
    March march and how does it run.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)