Ruling

Famous quotes containing the word ruling:

    What is an atheist, but one who does not, or will not, see in the universe a ruling principle of love; and what a misanthrope, but one who does not, or will not, see in man a ruling principle of kindness?
    Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours?
    Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)

    Unrecognized alcoholism is the ruling pathology among writers and intellectuals.
    Diana Trilling (b. 1905)