I have very little experience of self-government. In fact, I am one of the most governed people in the world.

-Edinburgh, Prince Philip, Duke of
  In the NewYork Times, 30 Dec.

   It is clear that both England and America are now to be governed by the mob.

-Grenville, George
  On the repeal of the Stamp  Act,  Jul.

   My dear and only love, I pray That little world of thee Be governed by no other sway Than purest monarchy.

-Montrose,James Graham, 1st Marquis of
c.1642  'My Dear and Only Love', stanza1.

I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of a fabric isgoverned by gravity.

-Moore, Marianne Craig
Quoted in Louis Untermeyer 'Five Famous Poetesses', in Ladies' Home Journal, May1964.