Quotes about Peaceful Rule

Tomyris

Cease to press this enterprise, for you cannot know if what you are doing will be of real advantage to you. Be content to rule in peace your own kingdom, and bear to see us reign over the countries that are ours to govern.

Cyrus chose war. But Tomyris and the Massagetai, won and Cyrus was killed in the battle. The famous painter, Rubens, painted the scene of the head of Cyrus being brought to Queen Tomyris.

Lazare Carnot

The government of a single person is no assurance of a stable and tranquil government.

In 1804 Napoleon presented a motion to the assembly do be declared Emperor and restore law and order. Only one man spoke against it. The speech became one of Thomas Jefferson's favorites and he urged all to read it.

Theodoric the Great

We are as much interested in the maintenance of morality as we can possibly be in war. For what profit is there in having removed the turmoil of the Barbarians, unless we live according to law? ... Let other kings desire the glory of battles won, of cities taken, of ruins made; our purpose is … so to rule that our subjects should grieve that they did not earlier acquire the blessings of our domain.

This is one of the most interesting quotations of Medieval history. The king had equated morality and rule of law with popularity, and has placed a high priority on both—this at a time when most rulers believed that theirs was a divine right of rule. The great ones like Alexander the Great and Theodoric were exceptions. The letter was actually drafted and written by Cassiodorus, the King’s secretary.

Archibald Philip Primrose Rosebery

... a free, tolerant and unaggressive Empire

This objective was rarely met." 5th Earl of Rosebery

Wilhelm II, German Emperor

Called to the throne of my fathers, I have taken over the government, looking to the King of all kings, and have vowed to God, following the example of my father, to be a righteous and gentle prince, to foster piety and the fear of God, to maintain peace, to further the welfare of the country, to be a help to the poor and oppressed, and to be to the righteous man a true protector.

Confucius

Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it.

Nozim Khabibullaev

We do not aim to show him as an ideal person. Do you know any strong leader who was not cruel? Has there been anyone in history who ruled a great empire without bloodshed?

Peaceful Rule Quotes