Quotes About Power

In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.

A waiter appeared, and Gus said: "Bring coffee for my guests, please, and a plate of ham sandwiches." He deliberately did not ask them what they wanted. He had seen Woodrow Wilson act like this with people he wanted to intimidate.

Americans talked about voters the same way Russians talked about Stalin. They had to be obeyed.

This is amazing," Volodya said. "He's the President, yet he has to make excuses all the time for what he does!" "Something like that," Woody said. "We call it democracy.

The power of a king was not absolute, after all: it could be restrained by the will of the people.

Protestors can have a big impact, but in the end it's governments that reshape the world.

It did not occur to them that a woman could be dangerous. How foolish they were.

When you were trying to enforce law and order, it was difficult to explain that the rules did not actually apply to you personally.

He had forgotten that God saw through the silk robes to the sinful heart, that the only wealth worth having was treasure in heaven, and that even the king had to kneel down in church. Feeling that everyone else was so much more powerful and sophisticated than he was, he had lost sight of his true values, suspended his critical faculties, and placed his trust in his superiors. His reward had been treachery.

Talvez os selvagens nunca abandonem o poder - afirmou Philip com ar de desalento. - Talvez a cobiça nunca deixe de pesar mais nos conselhos dos poderosos que a sabedoria; talvez o medo nunca deixe de vencer a compaixão na mente dum homem com uma espada empunhada.

This was not a political party. It was an army. The purpose of the display, Lloyd figured, was to give them false authority. They wanted to look as if they had the right to close meetings and empty buildings, to burst into homes and offices and arrest people, to drag them to jails and camps and beat them up, interrogate and torture them, as the Brownshirts did in Germany under the Nazi regime so admired by Mosley and the Daily Mail's proprietor

At last it faded away, and the mushroom cloud began to disperse. Greg heard Frank Oppenheimer say: "It worked." Oppie said: "Yes, it worked." The two brothers shook hands. And the world is still here, Greg thought. But it has been forever changed.

A fool was just a fool, but a fool in the White House was the most dangerous person in the world.

Carla had never before realized how much she had been protected by politicians, newspapermen, and lawyers. Without them, she saw now, the government could do anything it liked, even kill people.

Everything is ultimately the Prime Minister's fault', said Lloyd. 'That's what it means to be the leader

She wanted to say 'I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage'…

Los manifestantes pueden causar un gran impacto, pero al final son los gobiernos los que remodelan el mundo.

La clase trabajadora es más numerosa que la dirigente, y más fuerte. Dependen de nosotros para todo. Les proporcionamos la comida, construimos sus casas, les hacemos la ropa, y sin nosotros se mueren. No pueden hacer nada a menos que se lo permitamos. Nunca lo olvides.

the ultimate truth about oppression: that it works by turning its victims against each other instead of against their oppressors. He

The old men were still running the country. The politicians who had caused millions of deaths were now celebrating, as if they had done something wonderful.

If earls' daughters were allowed to marry whom they please, we'd all be ruled by strolling minstrels and dark-eyed outlaws.

There's a saying: If you owe a hundred dollars, the bank has you in its power; but if you owe a million dollars, you have the bank in your power.

This was not a political party. It was an army.

Sergeant Grigori Peshkov. He was elected unopposed. Grigori was pleased. He knew what life was like for soldiers and workers, and he would bring the machine-oil smell of real life to the corridors of power. He would never forget his roots and put on a top hat. He would make sure that unrest led to improvements, not to random violence. Now he had a real chance to make a better life for Katerina and Vladimir.