Sentence examples for govern was from inspiring English sources

His ability to govern was [damaged].

Préval's ability to govern was hindered by Aristide's dominant presence.

Dalia Itzik, the environment minister, said that Mr. Barak's ability to govern was hampered by the Labor Party's weakness.

Yet if governing in hard times was bad, he went on, securing the right to govern was worse.

"The idea was that to govern was to populate," says Rodolfo Tuirán, a demographer who is now minister for higher education.Everything changed in the 1970s.

More than two-thirds of voters said a candidate's ability to govern was more important than his position on major issues.

Its claim to govern is beyond dispute.

To govern is to choose.

To govern is to take choices.

Their right to govern is never challenged.

But to govern is to choose.