Quotes About Power

An America disarmed is an America in subjugation.

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.

Peace secured by slavish submission is not peace.

This submission is a restraint of liberty, but could be of no effect as to the good intended, unless it were general; nor general, unless it were natural.

Protesting is fundamentally submissive.

I don't conquer, I submit.

Every reign must submit to a greater reign.

Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox.

God knows and sees all. His wisdom and knowledge far outweighs mankind, and whether or not people ever recognize it - He is the creator. He is the giver of life, and only He has the power to take it away. That's why its imperative to submit to Him.

Journalism has a check-and-balance effect to those in power, and those in power submitted themselves to it.

We don't need a strongman. But we need a strong country that is not subordinate to Europe.

The mother must socialize her daughter to become subordinate to men, and if her daughter challenges patriarchal norms, the mother is likely to defend the patriarchal structures against her own daughters.

I used to subscribe to Nintendo Power. The first issue had 'Mario 2,' and it had all the characters rendered in clay. So I started making all of these characters out of clay.

Some of the biggest advocates for feminism seem to believe that in order to feel powerful you have to make another woman subservient, and that is not what feminism is about at all.

The two great agents of the physical world have become subject to the will of man and have been made subservient to his wants and enjoyments; I allude to steam and electricity, under whatever name the latter may be called.

No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.

From the beginning of time, business has cozied up to government and gotten restrictions on competition and subsidies and stuff.

My house is solar powered. I tell Republicans, 'You can hate the subsidies - I hate the subsidies, too - but you can't hate solar panels.'

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice.

The order of things established by the Romans in Libya rested in substance on a balance of power between the Nomad kingdom of Massinissa and the city of Carthage.

As for the Pope, I am too old to be frightened by his shadow, and am quite sure his shadow or Substance will do less harm to the liberties of my country than will a party, who seek to acquire political power by exciting religious bigotry in the minds of their duped followers.

Light is a powerful substance. We have a primal connection to it. But, for something so powerful, situations for its felt presence are fragile.

I'm not a big believer in the power of more regulation to fix things. I think it can almost be more dangerous because it provides the illusion that things have been fixed without the substance.

Let's hope brands recognize that the true power of this technology is not its reach but its ability to communicate substance that adds meaning to our lives. Otherwise, brands will be investing in technology that consumers simply won't buy.