Quotes About Power

There is also a doubt as to what is to be the supreme power in the state: - Is it the multitude? Or the wealthy? Or the good? Or the one best man? Or a tyrant?

The power to move the world is in the subconcious mind

It is as important to cultivate your silence power as your word power.

There is a long American tradition of suspicion of concentrated economic power because of its tendency to corrupt government and turn it from a democracy into a plutocracy.

What I do think is evident is that those countries in the world where Islamic extremism has recovered the most power, those are also the countries which are most disliked.

Power grows out of Organized Knowledge, but mind you, it grows out of it, through Application and Use.

The key to understanding the rise in inequality isn't technology or globalization. It's the power of the moneyed interests to shape the underlying rules of the market.

As I lay asleep in Italy There came a voice from over the Sea, And with great power it forth led me To walk in the visions of Poesy.

We thought we were done with these things but we were wrong. We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

Well, the United States is a Pacific power. And we have always had a presence in the Pacific.

The Americans have no faith, they rely on the power of a dollar; they are deaf to sentiment.

The power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers.

I know God is in charge. Not me, I'm nothing. I wouldn't be anything except for the power of the spirit of God.

There's a lot of power and responsibility that comes with owning who you are as a woman.

The will is free; Strong is the soul, and wise, and beautiful; The seeds of godlike power are in us still; Gods are we, bards, saints, heroes, if we will!

Not drunk is he who from the floor - Can rise alone and still drink more; But drunk is They, who prostrate lies, Without the power to drink or rise.

Stop resisting your problems so furiously in your mind. Stop struggling to solve them. If you do that, a great sense of peace followed by a great sense of power will come to you.

If the problem is Washington is corrupt, why on Earth would you want to give more power to Washington?

Sometimes I wish I hadn't said something foolish. It is then that I realize the power of mime.

I believe in the power of journalism. To make informed decisions, you have to have an understanding of the dynamics of a situation. And journalism does bridge gaps and creates dialogue.

Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.

Gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite The man that mocks at it and sets it light.

I am compelled to fear that science will be used to promote the power of dominant groups rather than to make men happy.

I beg my Children to be just and virtuous, never to disgrace my name or theirs, and then they are out of fortune's power