Quotes About Power

We fought a revolution to free ourselves from arbitrary power and the whims of a monarch.

You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.

Let me tell you, I've never heard a man whine more than Jason Momoa getting knocked around by little ol' me.

My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us.

Every country we conquer feeds us. And these are just a few of the good things we'll have when this war is over. Slaves working for us everywhere while we sit back with a fork in our hands and a whip on our knees.

Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver.

I hated cracking the whip, and these juries turn into political things.

When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.

Sad old blokes, I'm told, now dream of me with a whip in hand.

Make a conscious effort to loosen your hands and let your arms feel soft when you're at address. Take the club back a bit shorter, and feel as if you're cracking a whip on the way down - not tensing up to smash something hard.

A titled leader relies heavily on positional power to get things done; a natural leader is able to mobilize others without the whip of formal authority.

When I throw the hook, I think of my arm as a whip with a rock attached to the end.

I certainly want to be the whip, and that's an election every two years in the Senate Democratic caucus.

When you use the whip, it makes the loudest crack. It's a very, very difficult weapon to use.

If a slave is unwilling to go with his new master, he is whipped, or locked up in jail, until he consents to go, and promises not to run away during the year.

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.

Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm.

Americans are big boys. You can talk them into almost anything. Just sit with them for half an hour over a bottle of whiskey and be a nice guy.

When you whisper about something, it's too big, and you can't get it under control and take control of it.

To me, Stephen Miller is like Iago whispering in the president's ear, along with John Kelly. These people are totally anti-immigrant.

When Elvis sang, it almost sounded like he was whispering. But after you heard the record, his voice was the strongest thing you ever heard. He was incredible.

I think superheroes today are like whistle blowers.

The year most of my high school friends and I got our driver's permits, the coolest thing one could do was stand outside after school and twirl one's car keys like a lifeguard whistle. That jingling sound meant freedom and power.

In the handbook of Donald Trump, they no longer do whistle calls - they're now using full bullhorns.