Sirach 10:2-4

Revised Standard Version

² Like the magistrate of the people, so are his officials;
    and like the ruler of the city, so are all its inhabitants.
³ An undisciplined king will ruin his people,
    but a city will grow through the understanding of its rulers.
⁴ The government of the earth is in the hands of the Lord,
    and over it he will raise up the right man for the time.