Govern

Famous quotes containing the word govern:

“You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.”
—Mario Cuomo (b. 1932)

“appoint for us, then, a king to govern us, like other nations.”
—Bible: Hebrew, 1 Samuel 8:5.

Leaders of ancient Israel asking the last of the judges, Samuel, to appoint a king.

“It is as easy as lying. Govern these ventages with your fingers and thumbs, give it breath with your mouth, and it will discourse most eloquent music.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)