Quotes About Power

Socialists cry "Power to the people", and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean - power over people, power to the State.

In politics, if you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman

A week is a long time in politics

Being powerfull is like being a lady. If you have to tell people that you are, you aren't

All collectivism is always conducive to oppression: it is only the victims who differ.

and what to do with Mr. Prima Donna, Brass Hat, Five Star MacArthur. He's worse than the Cabots and the Lodges - they at least talked with one another before they told God what to do. Mac tells God right off.

Sometimes she couldn't tolerate a man's physical superiority. No wonder they were so damned macho.

I have the solution to all my problems. I have money, position, the running of one of the country's legendary cattle stations. I can even get the girl I want. I can't buy her, of course. She's got money of her own. But I'm pretty sure if I talk to her dad, he'll give me the green light.

Woman magic. A quality that could bring great joy or havoc or both in equal measure.

Certain women because of their female power and seductiveness could bring destruction to a family.

I know essentially you're some kind of enchantress. Maybe you're still serving your apprenticeship, but you're an enchantress all right. Probably I'd get used to you in time. Right now, it's only my demonic will that's keeping me playing it mighty cool.

Men-what arrogance! That was the worst of them. Forget the sexual hold they had on you. They would never liberate women at all.

The battle of the sexes and you're winning hands down.

Tall, elegant, vital, scornful. A man like that could rock a woman to her very core.

Women were the very devil, at the mercy of their frail strength.

If you ever look sideways at another man or attempt to refuse me I shall beat you. Got it?

I can kill with a single word. I can hurl a ball of fire into the midst of my enemies. I rule a squadron of skeletal warriors, who can destroy by touch alone. I can raise a wall of ice to protect those I serve. The invisible is discernible to my eyes. Ordinary magic spells crumble in my presence... But I bow in the presence of a master. -- Lord Soth to Raistlin Majere

A mage's soul is forged in the crucible of the magic

and someday, fat innkeepers will bow to me.

get back, get back! ill turn you into a piglet! ast a bula- no wait. that turns ME into a piglet!!

Why you decrepit old mage! You couldn't turn water into ice in the dead of winter!

In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions.

People assume that men make all the rules, but sometimes mothers are the ones who command girls to be quiet while they arrange for us to be sold like oxen or mules.

Right wing or left wing, tyrants always try to control communication. They always fail.