Quotes About Influence

Fanaticism, or, to call it by its milder name, enthusiasm, is only powerful and active so long as it is aggressive. Establish it firmly in power, and it becomes conservatism, whether it will or no.

Lists are a form of power.

All the governments just want to have more power when it comes to economic espionage, diplomatic manipulation and political influence.

I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.

The power and the potency of music will transcend any one person's opinion about it.

We're living under the illusion that we have the power to determine what to do with it.

Statistics in the hands of activists have power.

Law always chooses sides on the basis of enforcement power. Morality and legal niceties have little to do with it when the real question is: Who has the clout?

Beware the abuse of Power. Both by those we disagree with, as well as those we may agree with

There is an ability to move and transform things. I think each human being has that power, and it's often one that we are willing to relinquish to others.

Nothing discloses real character like the use of power.

The civilized world needs to think about a decision when single politicians are not allowed to stay in power.

Power is sexy, not simply in its own right, but because it inspires self-confidence in its owner and a shiver of subservience on the part of those who approach it.

Schopenhauer had been Hitler's philosophical god in the early days. In power it was Nietzsche.

Power corrupts, and PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.

The church has no power over our lives any more, which is something of a blessing for those who do not enjoy red-hot pokers or iron thumb-screws.

Power dements even more than it corrupts, lowering the guard of foresight and raising the haste of action.

The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument... an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.

Law is but a heathen word for power.

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages.

It's not about money. The money will flow. It's about power and influence.

Change is not about putting a different kind of people in power but a different kind of power in people.

Money will cease to be master and become the servant of humanity. Democracy will rise superior to the money power.