He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.
Of course it's not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been.
A ruler makes use of the majority and neglects the minority, and so he does not devote himself to virtue but to law.
Good leaders must first become good servants.
The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.
In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.
The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.
He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
He that would govern others, first should be Master of himself.
If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this, then we must admit that his wisdom and power are immeasurably greater than that of man, and hence he is qualified to reign as king.