Quotes About Power

It is a hard but good law of fate, that as every evil, so every excessive power, wears itself out.

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but in charity there is no excess; neither can angel nor man come in danger by it.

How can you consider flower power outdated? The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated?

One of the tremendous evils of the world, is the monstrous accumulation of power in a few hands.

Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.

MINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomacy, an officer sent into a foreign country as the visible embodiment of his sovereign's hostility.

Nuclear power must be dealt with irrationally. . . . Nuclear plants are carcinogens. Let's get that story out. . . . Their lies will catch up to them. We need endless Chernobyl reminders.

Enthusiasm is the greatest asset you can possess, for it can take you further than money, power or influence.

Liberty of thinking, and of expressing our thoughts, is always fatal to priestly power, and to those pious frauds on which it is commonly founded.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.

Love has the power to rescue us and not let go, otherwise it isn't love

It is almost a sadness to my soul that men should be astonished and surprised at an ordinary, tangible evidence of the power of God.

Secretive power loathes journalists who do their job: who push back screens, peer behind façades, lift rocks. Opprobrium from on high is their badge of honour.

The essence of politics is to direct oneself to the group which wields power

. . . the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain.

If Nature put not forth her power About the opening of the flower, Who is it that could live an hour?

Some think that they will exercise power for the general good, but that is what all those with power have believed. Power is evil in itself, regardless of who exercises it.

What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.

Power is no more than a part, no more than the tip of the iceberg of limitless profundity and sublimate of Karate.

Executive power is exercised by the President of the Governing Board who, with the title of President of the Republic of Chile, administers the state and is the Supreme Chief of the Nation.

There are many respects in which America, if it can bring itself to act with the magnanimity and the empathy appropriate to its size and power, can be an intelligent example to the world.

The first requisite of a sound monetary system is that it put the least possible power over the quantity or quality of money in the hands of the politicians.

When you know even for a moment That it's your time Then you can walk with the power Of a thousand generations

John Wayne represents more force, more power, than anybody else on the screen.