Quotes About Power

Give me a staff of honor for mine age, / But not a scepter to control the world.

I should not urge thy duty past thy might.

Think you I am no stronger than my own sex being so father'd and husbanded?

Slabosti tvoje ime je žena.

Lady you berfet me of all words,/Only my blood speaks to you in my veins,/ And there is such confusion in my powers.

M.O.A. I. doth sway my life.

In rage deaf as the sea, hasty as fire.

Caesar. Nor heaven nor earth have been at peace to-night.      Thrice

You have witchcraft in your lips.

21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

What I mean in simple terms, Reverend, is that once the alarm went out, there was niggers everywhere—who were as determined to protect and save their masters as you were to murder them. They was simply livin' too well!

absolute evil paralyzes absolutely. In

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Once the fight-or-flight reaction gets triggered, the blood flows from our brain to our limbs, and our ability to think clearly diminishes. We forget our purpose and often act exactly contrary to our interests. When we react, we give away our power—our power to influence the other person constructively and to change the situation for the better. When we react, we are, in effect, saying no to our interests, no to ourselves.

You need confidence to stand up for yourself in the face of the other's reaction. You need power to be able to follow through on your No if the other refuses to respect it.

As Gandhi recognized and demonstrated, perhaps the chief positive power we have in a world of relationships is the ability to withdraw our cooperation if the other refuses to respect our legitimate interests.

Government got too big—too powerful. Agencies like the IRS had entirely too much power.

That's right. An unarmed population is an invitation for takeover.

Politicians are . . . politicians. It is the nature of government to become more intrusive, more controlling of people's lives and their property. Yours, ours now, perhaps less than many others. But who knows what the future may hold?

John Adams said it: fear is the foundation of government. And I'll add to that: once the citizens lose that fear, a government cannot enforce its laws. If you doubt that, look at what's happening in this country today." Matt

The true art of seeing and enjoying rests chiefly in sensitiveness and power of sympathy, and the true value of observation is in the noble thoughts that it excites within us.

It is not love, or morality, or international law that determines the outcome of world affairs, but the changing distribution of organized force

Out there beyond this brief charmed circle, all around them, invading even our own minds, was something that disbelieved and destroyed and defeated. She knew it and recognized its power and yet she would never cease to deny it. In this moment of large weakness she suddenly knew large strength, a core buried deep within her that would refuse to be daunted by the outrageous blows or the niggling trifles human life was heir to.

The bigger they are the harder they fall.