Famous quotes containing the words mutable and/or rule:
“The internal effects of a mutable policy ... poisons the blessings of liberty itself.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“In Russia, whatever be the appearance of things, violence and arbitrary rule is at the bottom of them all. Tyranny rendered calm by the influence of terror is the only kind of happiness which this government is able to afford its people.”
—Marquis De Custine (1790–1857)