Rule Quotes

Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.

How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And even if you were to take the best man on earth, and put him into a monarchy, you put outside him the thoughts that usually guide him.

What you measure improves.” A corollary rule in the military is that “You get what you inspect, not what you expect.

My rule was I will not answer a question that attempts to project how I will rule in a case that might come before the court.

Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules.

I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue.

Sovereignty and the right to rule cannot be conferred on anyone no matter who … as a result of an academic discussion. Sovereignty is acquired by force and power and violence.

Take all the rules away. How can we live if we don’t change?

Don’t rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.