The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell.
When people hear the name Gregory Isaacs, I want dem to think of 'Night Nurse' and 'Red Rose For Gregory' and 'The Cool Ruler.' I love it when somebody comes up to me and say, 'I love your songs.'
A wise man, when he writes a book, sets forth his arguments fully and clearly; an enlightened ruler, when he makes his laws, sees to it that every contingency is provided for in detail.
The object of rewards is to encourage; that of punishments, to prevent. If rewards are high, then what the ruler wants will be quickly effected; if punishments are heavy, what he does not want will be swiftly prevented.
A ruler makes use of the majority and neglects the minority, and so he does not devote himself to virtue but to law.
A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
If a ruler can get rid of private crookedness and promote the public law, his people will become secure, and his state will become well ordered.
The intelligent ruler does not value people who are of themselves good without rewards and punishments. Why is that? The laws of the state cannot be neglected, and it is not one man who is being ruled.
A wise ruler, when he makes his laws, is bound to find himself in conflict with the world.
The intelligent ruler makes the law select men and makes no arbitrary appointment himself; he makes the law measure merits and makes no arbitrary judgment himself.
