Quotes About Power

You can speak to me. Not without a name, at least. Grim. And you are her servant? At the expression on his face, I added, Brother? Husband? He narrowed his eyes at me. Traveled here with her. Fixed the place up for her. I look after her. That enough for you? After what seemed to me a carefully judged pause, he added, My lord?

One does not meddle lightly with the forces of the forest.

To say that is to say we have no choice at all in what we do, how we live. I don't believe that, Uncle. Perhaps we do have a short span in this world [...]; perhaps our scope is somewhat limited. But within those limits we do have the power to change things, the power to make choices and to go where we must.

Too much power made people arrogant and unfeeling. It turned them cruel. It blinded them to right and wrong.

Power and wealth too often made folk lose their good judgement. It made them cruel and unthinking.

And there is a greater magic; a power that comes from the very land we tread, from ocean and forest, from the deepest cavern to the high pathways of sun and moon. When the path ahead seems dark and difficult, when you cannot find the right way, call on that power to guide you, for within each of us, even the smallest, there is a spark of that great fire.

Amazing, I thought nobody could tell that man what to do. -Foalan to Bridei Talking about Broichan

Natural magic, the kind that lets you use what is already present, the power of earth, air, fire and water, to help you in times of need. Small tricks, maybe, but deep ones.

Es wird nicht mehr die Idee sein, die Wert und Macht einem Individuum gibt, sondern das Individuum, das Wert, Macht und Rechtfertigung einer Idee gibt.

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.

Mao's rule was best understood in terms of a medieval court, in which he exercised spellbinding power over his courtiers and subjects. He was also a maestro at 'divide and rule', and at manipulating men's inclination to throw others to the wolves.

MAO TSE-TUNG, who for decades held absolute power over the lives of one-quarter of the world's population, was responsible for well over 70 million deaths in peacetime, more than any other twentieth-century leader.

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The idea was that everything personal was political; in fact, henceforth nothing was supposed to be regarded as 'personal' or private.

Unlike most founding dictators—Lenin, Mussolini, Hitler—Mao did not inspire a passionate following through his oratory, or ideological appeal. He simply sought willing recruits among his immediate circle, people who would take his orders.

JH, meu cavalheiro sem armadura, pois sua força interior sob o mais brando dos exteriores basta para conquistar.

Every word of Chairman Mao's is universal absolute truth, and every word equals ten thousand words!

A night passed while Cixi dealt with one matter after another, conscious all the time that she just murdered her adopted son. She was forced to stop working at about eleven o'clock in the morning as death was imminent. She died less than three hours later.

Indeed Empress Dowager Cixi had forseen that her reforms, drastically changing China, could in the end bury her own dynasty.

Empress Dowager Cixi's legacy was manifold and towering.

It was all too clear that Cixi was the only person who could hold the empire together.

The ordeal of the invasion rather than damaging Cixi's authority, had enhanced it and brought her a new sense of security and confidence.

For all her faults, she was no despot.

A charm has only as much power as one puts into it./ I wear it because it is such a pretty thing./ And the person who gave it to me/ cared enough for my protection:/ a reason greater than any faith.