A short reign does not spare the masses.
Publius Papinius Statius

All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences with the introduction of the dancing master.
Joshua Reynolds

As a conservative power, the United States has a vital interest in upholding and expanding the reign of law in international relations.
J. William Fulbright

As for us, during twenty years' reign, we have known much bitterness.
Bao Dai

Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
John Milton

By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the action of Time and the verdict of success, and to rescue the world from the reign of the dead.
John Acton

Every American, regardless of their background, has the right to live free of unwarranted government intrusion. Repealing the worst provisions of the Patriot Act will reign in this gross abuse of power and restore to everyone our basic Constitutional rights.
Pete Stark

Every man may reign secure in his petty tyranny, and spread terror and desolation around him, until the trump of the Archangel shall excite different emotions in his soul.
James Otis

Every reign must submit to a greater reign.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
Golda Meir

For a century after the reign of Frederick, Prussia remained the most prominent Germanic state in Europe.
Kelly Miller

God is the only being who, in order to reign, doesn't even need to exist.
Charles Baudelaire

Having said that, I believe we must not compound the natural disaster of Katrina by creating a fiscal disaster in Congress - it is our duty to ensure that we reign in other government spending in any event, and especially in this time of national emergency.
Chris Chocola

He who knows not how to dissimulate, can not reign.
Louis XI

I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!
Elizabeth I

I have commenced my auspicious reign and am in quiet possession of the Presidential Mansion... this winter I intend to do something in the way of entertaining that shall be the admiration and talk of all Washington world.
Julia Gardiner Tyler

I have to reign myself in a lot.
Thurston Moore

I know that a good many champions have entertained the thought that the more they discourage youngsters, the longer they would reign. However, this theory never impressed me, and I always made it a point to give youths the benefit of my experience in bicycle racing.
Major Taylor

I too hope in this short reign to be a man of peace.
Pope Benedict XVI

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.
Orson Pratt