governed

Noun

Meaning

of Govern

Source: Webster's dictionary

order control led rule subject lead determined determine controlled directed dependent ruled driven decide regulated

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free abandoned autonomous rampant unbounded capricious

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people citizenry

The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves. Plato

Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. Jonathan Swift

Need is not governed by the law. Icelandic Proverb

The world is governed with little brains. Italian Proverb

A governor may commit arson while the governed are not allowed to light a lamp. Chinese Proverb