(noun) A regulation, law, guideline. Example: "All participants must adhere to the rules."
"Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively."
"It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government."
"Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself."
"The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace."
"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule."
"The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible."
"Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it."
"Madness is something rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule."
"One thing you should know about me is I never play to lose. Always aim high and rarely obey the rules."
"Integrity has no need of rules."
"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them, well I have others."
"I followed my heart without breaking any rules."