This brought about frequent shifting of alliances as both rulers and peoples sought their best advantage.

Some think rulers seek fame and glory in war, but both are fleeting.

How many rulers have sought to reduce their subjects to simple, unthinking instruments of profit and gain?

Almost every Russian ruler has sought to conquer ports in warm waters.

These rulers did not seek to usurp the position of emperor, or to abolish the institution.

Now there is concern that the country's military rulers may seek to maintain some form of power.

But Haiti's new rulers still seek relief from the aid squeeze.

Its rulers sought to limit contact with foreign countries.

In this manner, the new ruler sought to ensure that no one could take the country by force as he had just done.

Through the ages, rulers of every stripe, male and female, have sought to improve upon or alter nature.