Quotes About Power

Republicans, Democrats, libertarians, and independents all agree on only one thing - our national politicians are bought.

There's only one way to play this game since I was a little kid - play fast, play physical, play strong.

Where do I begin with 'The Godfather?' It's like explaining why the 'Bible' is so popular. I'll always remember seeing the first one because it was the only time I went to the movies with my grandfather.

I feel powerful when I'm onstage talking to an audience. I like communicating; it feels like my calling in the world. Knowing what you're meant to be doing with your life is pretty bloody powerful.

The fact that we see some people doing what appears to be good civic-minded deeds may be because that is their true intention, and it may be that that is their best way to hold onto power in a setting where they have to depend on a lot of people.

Hold onto power and you lose your moral compass.

The Christians had a better chance against the lions than the American consumer has against the OPEC cartel.

We have an open society. No one will come and take me away for saying what I am saying. But they don't have to, if they can control how many people hear it. And that's how they do it.

Our war cries opened the deaf ears of the almighty government and its accomplices.

Citizens United opened a door that's frustrated anyone who's looking.

Boxing life is very interesting life; it opened many doors for me around the world, but now I am ready to invest my energy and my experience and my power for the future.

Government is truly beginning to embrace the power of innovation for the people and by the people, the idea that if government collaborates openly with and unleashes the ingenuity of the public, it will get much more done, much faster and at much lower cost than if government acted alone.

American power in the world relies on these ideals of openness and critical debate.

America is a great nation, not just because of your power and your wealth, but because of your high ideals, openness, and generosity of spirit.

Why does there exist a global American entertainment industry, but there isn't an equivalent coming from France or Italy? This is the case simply because the English language opens the whole world to the American cinema.

We've learned that when a consumer moves from a relationship rooted in 'me' to one powered by 'we,' a new world of buying and advocacy opens up for a brand.

Nuclear is an important part of the heritage of Duke. We operate the largest regulated nuclear fleet in the U.S. We love the diversity of the generation.

And then, when I thought about joining the Air Force, flying seemed like a natural extension of the motorcycling experience. You're going faster, higher. You're operating a machine that's a lot more powerful than you are.

I first learned the power of trust in the CIA. There is no question that when I joined the Agency as a covert operations officer, it was still run along the 'old boys' network' model.

They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for Money.

The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world.

If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting.

Money has no moral opinions.

If the Socialism is Authoritarian; if there are Governments armed with economic power as they are now with political power; if, in a word, we are to have Industrial Tyrannies, then the last state of man will be worse than the first.