Quotes About Power

Oh poder de las lágrimas, sin duda el más poderoso de todos los rasgos del amor! Mis desconfianzas, mis resoluciones, mis juramentos, todo queda olvidado. Queriendo secar el manantial de aquel precioso rocío, me había acercado demasiado a aquella boca donde la frescura se unía al dulce perfume de la rosa; y, aunque quiero alejarme, dos brazos, cuya blancura, suavidad y forma no sabría describir, actúan como lazos de los que no me puedo desprender.

La libertad pertenece al orden de los relámpagos, no al de la luz eléctrica.

No matter what God's power may be, the first aspect of God is never that of absolute Master, the Almighty. It is that of the God who puts himself on our human level and limits himself.

It is not true that the perfection of police power is the result of the state's Machiavellianism or of some transitory influence. The whole structure of society of society implies it, of necessity. The more we mobilize the forces of nature, the more must we mobilize men and the more do we require order.

The tool enables man to conquer. But, man, dost thou not know there is no more victory which is thy victory? The victory of our days belongs to the tool.

For when a man is faced with a curse he answers, 'I'll take care of my problems alone'. And he puts everything to work to become powerful, to keep the curse from having its effects. He creates the arts and the sciences, he raises an army, he constructs chariots, he builds cities. The spirit of might is a response to the divine curse, and one could almost say that such a spirit would never have existed if there had been no curse in the first place.

No technique is possible when men are free.

That it is to be a dictatorship of test tubes rather than of hobnailed boots will not make it any less a dictatorship.

All scoundrels are based on this, to want to be...someone's big Other.

There is something in you I like more than yourself. Therefore I must destroy you

The madman is not only a beggar who thinks he is a king, but also a king who thinks he is a king.

I do not know if Saul Alinsky knows God. But I assure you that God knows Saul Alinsky.

Armadas con todos los poderes, disfrutando de todas las riquezas que deben a la Ciencia, nuestras sociedades intentan aún vivir y enseñar sistemas de valores arruinados ya, en su raíz, por esta misma ciencia.

Keeping a monopoly on legitimate violence is still the proven best way to limit violence and allow reason some asylum where it can be freely practiced.

The government does not owe the people education for the simple reason that one does not owe the people what it can take for itself. And education is like liberty: it is not given, it is taken.

Astfel, omul r?mâne, în acela?i timp, un redutabil animal de prad? ?i un ucenic vr?jitor genial, dar... foarte infantil. ?i totu?i, în el trebuie s? sper?m atâta timp cât putem s? sper?m, ?i el trebuie s? cear? încrederea semenilor s?i.

Lo asombroso cuando se considera el modo de vida de esta clase dirigente es que una de sus categorías esenciales, la de los sacerdotes, vive en la austeridad y la pobreza [...]. La riqueza no se busca por la riqueza misma [...].

You know, a carving, especially if it's polychrome, is not meant to move. These faces, these half-bodies, when you animate them, they're more live than the living. They can be dangerous for those who don't really understand them. With contained energy, no one can predict what will happen when it's released.

Lots of people have understood management as a way of throwing their weight around.

Sí, los Fundadores nos salvaron del país podrido y pusieron orden —continúa Pascual—. Pero ¿quién nos salva de sus descendientes? ¡Ahora somos sus esclavos!

Tay knew that if he gave the Hong Kong police what he had discovered, they wouldn't have been able to touch Albert Chan. He doubted they would have even tried.

No president likes leaks, but it's worth noting candidate Trump's path to power was tread on a road of leaks. He didn't have a problem with leaks then. It's not a moral position if you only hold it when it applies to you.

Reason is like an officer when the king appears. The officer then loses his power and hides himself. Reason is the shadow cast by God; Go is the sun.

Well, no power source here, I guess," Ozben said, letting out a shaky sigh of relief that they hadn't encountered any ghosts.