Quotes About Power

This world is inescapably linked to the motions of the worlds above. All power in this world is ruled by these options.

Rebellion, in man, is the refusal to be treated as an object and to be reduced to simple historical terms. It is the affirmation of a nature common to all men, which eludes the world of power.

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

Movies have heart. Have mind. Have power. Have ambition.

Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power. [Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere quemquam Posse volunt.]

I think the veil is a way of taking power away from women.

Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe councils. [Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]

For imagining lies within our power whenever we wish . . . but in forming opinons we are not free . . .

Regret is an odd emotion because it comes only upon reflection. Regret lacks immediacy, and so its power seldom influences events when it could do some good.

Big business depends entirely on the patronage of those who buy its products: the biggest enterprises loses its power and its influence when it loses its customers.

Many children are taught to believe in God. I came to believe in the power of systems analysis.

As always, most media aligns with the presumptive winner even though their claimed societal virtue is to investigate those in power.

There is energy and power in a crisis.

I admired Hitler, for instance, because he came from being a little man with almost no formal education, up to power. I admire him for being such a good public speaker and for what he did with it.

When socialism comes into power, the Roman Church will advocate socialism with the same vigor [with which] it is now favoring feudalism and slavery.

The rights of neutrality will only be respected when they are defended by an adequate power. A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral.

They say pu$$y and paper is poetry power and pistols.

The power of the word is real whether or not you are conscious of it.

The only power an actor has is the ability to say "no."

If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior

Sol has experience, pace and physical power, which nobody else has together.

Does anybody learn writing, or do they just touch someone who lets them see the power of the deleted word?

Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help.

It was as if the power and loneliness of the vampires' world had combined with the group oriented puppy-pile world of the shapeshifters and made something new.