Quotes About Power

History becomes a guidebook for geopolitics.

doma touží po moci a v zahrani?í po uznání.

Peníze ti nutn? nezaru?í moc, ale moc ti vždycky p?inese peníze.

Putin je milosrdný autokrat. Nechce vás zabít - pokud ho k tomu nedonutíte.

Empire of the Czar

Looks like the goddamned General Assembly at the UN.

you don't get laid or elected telling the truth.

We cannot live in a world that thinks it can fuck with America. Because once every piss-ant dictator, rebel, warlord, and terrorist thinks he can fuck with America, he will!

Lou, are you aware that the boot sequence required to produce an orgasm in a full-grown American female is more complex than the ignition sequence of a neutron bomb?

An ambitious judge is a dangerous animal.

We were ordered to war but not allowed to win the war. We were ordered to kill but court-martialed for killing. We were ordered to defeat Communism in Southeast Asia only to see Communism win at home.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." —MAHATMA GANDHI

identifying an irrational person's M.O. gives you considerable power over him.

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well. —JOHN MARSHALL, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, 1801–1835

Europe's enduring localism, which had been the weak link in Christendom, became in turn the Achilles heel of the dynastic state.

There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money and I can't remember what the second one is.

One bullet can really fuck up your day.

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

The shelf was filled with books that were hard to read, that could devastate and remake one's soul, and that, when they were finished, had a kick like a mule.

Ephesians 6:10 introduces the first prong of this battle plan: Our only true resource in the struggle against the powers of darkness is the Lord's power. "Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.

As 1 John 4:4 states, "Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world." Second Chronicles 20:15 reminds us, "The battle is not yours but God's." Our Commander in Chief has won the war. Christ defeated the enemy at the cross. We fight a defeated foe. Power comes from the Lord, not our own ingenuity or methods. Of course, we are not inactive. Scripture commands us to stand and resist the enemy.

Satan loves politics. He is the greatest politician of all time. He politicked in heaven and convinced a third of the angels to join his rebellious political party.

The essential elements of giving are power and love - activity and affection - and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high and appropriate exercise of these is a blessedness greater than any other.

If we tried to write about politics, you'd realize that we're all a bunch of idiots.