Quotes About Power

I am of mixed minds about the issue of privacy. On one hand, I understand that information is power, and power is, well, power, so keeping your private information to yourself is essential - especially if you are a controversial figure, a celebrity, or a dissident.

The East India Company's domination of the Indian economy was based on its private army.

Women have a lot of power in private life. There are many men who would say, 'Hey, women already rule my life.' But with women, more is more. The more there are, the more the world gets used to seeing them. We change the culture. We begin to expand options and lead and manage.

If you leave government life for greener private sector pastures, why on earth do you still need to peep into the nether reaches of national secrets unless you're either addicted to preserving that special power or you plan on making sweet cash off your top secret stash?

Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege.

The President seems to extend executive privilege way out past the atmosphere. What he says is executive privilege is nothing but executive poppycock.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

When you dominate other people's emotions, the time has to come when you will have to pay, and heavily, for that privilege.

Atheism is like the highest level of white privilege. It's like having a black belt in white privilege.

The privilege of holding the priesthood, which is the power and authority to act in God's name, is a great blessing and privilege and one that carries with it equally great obligations and responsibilities.

Serving as President of the United States is a privilege that is afforded to few in our country.

Keynes eliminated economic theory's ancient role as spoilsport for inflationist and statist schemes, leading a new generation of economists on to academic power and to political pelf and privilege.

I'm not interested in defending the position of those who already have money, power and privilege.

What I believe about race is that race is not real. It's not a biological reality. It's a hierarchical system that was created to leverage power and privilege between different groups of people.

Light-skinned privilege is largely through a white lens. It is exploited by oppressive forces... It was always a facade.

When those with wealth and power fear that their privilege is even mildly challenged, they invariably clothe themselves in the garbs of victimhood.

There are a lot of presidents in both parties - including President Obama - who had strong claims of executive privilege that I certainly think went too far.

I have been privileged to work for some of the most high-powered people in town. They pay me for my opinions, and I give those to them.

The privileged elites are part of the globalization moment that we live in.

It is feasible for someone who comes from a privileged background to understand the privilege they have had and to use the formal political arena in a way that would disperse power and engage with people in their own lives.

I grew up with a very privileged background. My father served as one of the cabinet ministers in Arroyo's government, and he's been a congressman for many years, and he's running again.

I don't hear women who are less privileged thinking they're entitled to everything, whenever they want it. That's a privilege phenomenon, but it is a phenomenon.

Life at the top may be privileged, but it is not simple.

Mark Zuckerberg is a rich white dude from a really privileged background.