Power Quotes - page 3

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. (James Madison)
The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power. View quote
Andrew Jackson
All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. View quote
Thomas Paine
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. View quote
William Hazlitt
We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to protecting our national interests, we must take the leadership in protecting the common interests of humanity. View quote
George Soros
We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization, can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire. View quote
George Soros
Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars. View quote
George C. Marshall
The power of the people and the power of reason are one. View quote
Georg Büchner
Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand. View quote
Ezra Pound
At fifteen one is first beginning to realize that everything isn't money and power in this world, and is casting about for joys that do not turn to dross in one's hands. View quote
Robert Benchley
With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of your defiance. (Norman Mailer)
Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment. View quote
Morihei Ueshiba
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. View quote
Samuel Johnson
A word after a word after a word is power. View quote
Margaret Atwood
The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled the more I gain. View quote
Susan B. Anthony
Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex; and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them. View quote
William Cobbett
All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife.... Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest. View quote
Beatrix Potter
A cult is a religion with no political power. View quote
Tom Wolfe
Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself. View quote
Gloria Steinem
If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power. View quote
Harriet Martineau
You're never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true. (Richard Bach)
To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave. View quote
Elvis Presley
But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth; that is the happiness of being truly loved. View quote
Lafcadio Hearn
Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks. View quote
Anthony Trollope
For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the noise of battle. [It] has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty. View quote
John Cheever
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