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Quotes About Power

India is a global power and an important partner with whom we are building an intense, broad and enduring relationship.
~ Pierre Pettigrew
Men say, that in this midnight hour, The disembodied have power To wander as it liketh them, By wizard oak and fairy stream,— Through still and solemn places, And by old walls and tombs, to dream, With pale, cold, mournful faces....
~ William Motherwell
As lovely as Aphrodite—as wise as Athena—with the speed of Mercury and the strength of Hercules—she is known only as Wonder Woman, but who she is, or whence she came, nobody knows!
~ William Moulton Marston
Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power.
~ William Moulton Marston
The power of finance to effect such important transitions in world history is that it moves economic value forward and backward through time.
~ William N. Goetzmann
The game, the game: here we go again. All glory to it, all things I am and own because of Roller Ball Murder.
~ William Neal Harrison
Use your power gently.
~ William Nicholson
She slapped Kestrel's face. Without thinking twice, Kestrel slapped her back, as hard as she could. The young woman burst into tears. The servant saw this, aghast. "Baby!" She exclaimed. "Oh, my poor baby!" "You've been kind to me," said Kestrel, "and you're very beautiful, but if you hit me again I'll kill you.
~ William Nicholson
Querer a los que tienen el poder es un instinto humano natural. El Maestro
~ William Nicholson
The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.
~ William O. Douglas
Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.
~ William O. Douglas
We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation.
~ William O. Douglas
The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the only effective protest.
~ William O. Douglas
The Second Amendment reveals a profound principle of American government - the principle of civilian ascendency over the military.
~ William Orville Douglas
Había una guerra, pero, como siempre, la dirigencia colombiana aceptaba como legítima toda violencia que se ejerciera desde el poder y condenaba como criminal toda violencia que se opusiera a las autoridades, incluso en legítima defensa, aunque la actuación de las autoridades fuera evidentemente injusta.
~ William Ospina
Todos seguían borrachos de proyectos con los reinos de caoba, de canela y de especias que todavía se escondían en las regiones inexploradas, y estaban dispuestos a macerar hasta el polvo a esos millones de criaturas sin nombre, con piel de barro y corazón de arcilla, que Dios había destinado para su servidumbre
~ William Ospina
Desde el momento en que Colón vio cruzar por el cielo esos pájaros desconocidos y Rodrigo de Triana gritó bajo la noche esa palabra, aquí toda la tierra es el mapa de una ambición: forcejear por las selvas es el oficio de los brazos enguantados de acero, y los que se apropiaron de la tierra de otros no vacilan jamás en verter sangre, por amiga que sea, para sostener ante Dios que la propiedad es sagrada
~ William Ospina
Roma, a mis ojos, estaba demasiado viva y demasiado muerta. Es bello ver una ciudad viva y poderosa, pero también es bello ver el cadáver de una ciudad sublime.
~ William Ospina
But the [Eden] story takes a dramatically different turn: it tells of the couple succumbing to fear, blame, and the will to power, which from Cain and Lamech to today continues to engulf the world.
~ William P. Brown
The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.
~ William Penn
Tis admirable to consider, how Powerful the Kings are, yet they move by the Breath of their People.
~ William Penn
Jesus asked the man his name, and he answered, "Legion, for we are many." Mark 5:9
~ William Peter Blatty
Santíssima flatulência! Morreu, é? Morreu? Karras, cure-o! - vociferou o demônio.
~ William Peter Blatty
Regan killing Dennings? What madness! He envisioned her shoving
~ William Peter Blatty