Quotes About Power

But the thing about 'Narcos' is that in the end, evil does not prevail. In the end, ambition destroys everything that you worked to build and it's not just in the show but in history.

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

George Orwell's science-fiction classic 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' wasn't a failure because the future it predicted failed to come to pass. Rather, it was a resounding success because it helped us prevent that future.

The U.S. and its allies will do anything they can to prevent authentic democracy in the Arab world.

Our national political campaigns never stop. We seem convinced that majorities exist to impose their will with few concessions and that minorities exist to prevent the party in power from doing anything important. That's not how we were meant to govern.

A lot of what is preventing us from getting things done on the federal level is that there is too much influence from special interests over members of Congress.

The most interesting thing about the idea of money is that it makes it possible to measure something in previous ages we couldn't be sure about, and that something is power.

Previous presidents, including great ones like Roosevelt, have used the IRS against their enemies. But I don't think Barack Obama ever wanted to be on the same page as Richard Nixon.

Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey.

War is party-blind. It doesn't care who is in the Oval Office. The forces that drive us to war don't care whether it's Republican, Democrat, or other. The fact is, these parties are prey to special interests. That is something Eisenhower was afraid of.

All I ask is that you not be naive about how the government works when it decides to go after its prey.

What made women's labour particularly attractive to the capitalists was not only its lower price but also the greater submissiveness of women.

It was in our power to set high price for our blood, a price too high for the Arab community, the Arab army, or the Arab governments to think it worth paying.

Price doesn't make deals, and salary doesn't control your career.

It's the price of success: people start to think you're omnipotent.

Throughout the 19th century, Britain bought cheaply from the countries of the empire and compelled subject countries to buy our goods at high prices.

The people with money to build today are corporations - they are our popes and Medicis. The sense of pride is why they build.

I was everything, patriarch, priest, father and judge.

The pinafore of the child will be more than a match for the frock of the bishop and the surplice of the priest.

He chose to honor us with His priesthood. So we honor Him by honoring His priesthood - both its power and those who bear it.

The power of the living God is here on the earth. The Priesthood is here.

I fear that there are too many priesthood bearers who have done little or nothing to develop their ability to access the powers of Heaven.

Jesus Christ never preached there should be celibate priests. The only reason the church has this is because it's a mechanism of power and control. You can control priests who are celibate.

There is art and beauty and power in the primal images of fantasy.