To rule is easy, to govern difficult.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
How easy it is to govern when one follows a system of consulting the will of the people and one holds as the only norm all the actions which contribute to the well being of the people.
To govern is to choose. To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern.
It is a dark, unspoken truth that the powerful - the 'ruling class' - make up the rules as they go along.
In order to govern, you have to win.
Democracy is messy, and it's hard. It's never easy.
To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
An educated people can be easily governed.
It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right.
It is much safer to obey than to rule.
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.