Quotes About Power

It is one thing to persuade, another to command; one thing to press with arguments, another with penalties.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

With all the arguments and discussions about the Vietnam War, what did the visual image do? It ended the war.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

The power of large corporations is still a scourge on the earth, but at least the arguments supporting them are undermined now.

Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy.

Frank was the BOSS and was not open to anything that was not from his head. There were no arguments about music because if you did, he would show you where the door was. Period.

My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if George W.Bush comes out on the wrong side of democracy, that's his problem.

The best argument for anarchism is the twentieth century.

Silence is less injurious than a weak reply.

Don't start an argument with somebody who has a microphone when you don't. They'll make you look like chopped liver.

George W. Bush bought the election - period. End of story. There is no argument. You can try to come up with any argument you can, but there is none.

The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force; With equal care, to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument.

Reasonable argument is impossible when authority becomes the arbiter.

Even a nod from a person who is esteemed is of more force than a thousand arguments or studied sentences from others.

A gun is not an argument.

Arguments can always be found to turn desire into policy.

What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?

There is a difference between being a political force, or a political apparent force or a potential force, and between a real discourse or a real argument.

To those who think that the law of gravity interferes with their freedom, there is nothing to say.

All verbal spats have silent winners.

Yes, ruling by fooling, is a great British art with great Irish fools to practice on.

For the choke, there are no "tough guys". With an arm lock he can be tough and resist the pain. With the choke he just passes out, goes to sleep.