Governs

Famous quotes containing the word governs:

    Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt.
    Susan Sontag (b. 1933)

    The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you.
    Themistocles (c. 528–c. 462 B.C.)

    There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity—the law of nature and of nations.
    Edmund Burke (1729–1797)