Quotes About Power

to plunder, slaughter and robbery they give the lying name of empire;

Un imperio que no puede aguantar un golpe y seguir de pie no es realmente un imperio.

Really powerful human organisations – such as pharaonic Egypt, communist China, the European empires and the modern school system – are not necessarily clear-sighted. Much of their power rests on their ability to force their fictional beliefs on a submissive reality.

Unlike lying, an imagined reality is something that everyone believes in, and as long as this communal belief persists, the imagined reality exerts force in the world.

Human power depends on mass cooperation, and mass cooperation depends on manufacturing mass identities—and all mass identities are based on fictional stories, not on scientific facts or even on economic necessities.

they make a desert and call it peace'.

Bourgeoisie and Proletariat.

Los que una vez fueron víctimas de la historia es probable que vuelvan a serlo otra vez. Y aquellos a los que la historia ha concedido privilegios tienen más probabilidades de obtenerlos de nuevo.

History's Biggest Fraud

Yet the Soviet elite, and the Communist regimes through most of eastern Europe (Romania and Serbia were the exceptions), chose not to use even a tiny fraction of this military power. When its members realised that Communism was bankrupt, they renounced force, admitted their failure, packed their suitcases and went home.

Books make dangerous devils out of women.

Para progredir é preciso assumir o próprio poder, disciplinar a mente, fazer com que a luz divina da sua alma eleve o padrão dos pensamentos, priorize o bem, a generosidade, para assim fluir com a vida, trocando os benefícios com

And tear him to pieces, like a mortal! Let him shoot down all the gods from the sky!

Wars not only make nations; they make bankers.

Your anger is a gift.

?tim ce e botni?a. Punem botni?e boilor cînd r?li??m porumbul pe mo?iile boiere?ti. Altfel boii ar lua între buze vîrfurile porumbului. Le punem botni?e cînd îi înjug?m la secer?toare, vara, la seceri?, s? nu m?nînce cumva cîteva spice de grîu boieresc. Acum boierul a adus ?i pentru noi botni?e, s? nu-i gust?m strugurii.

Legitimacy is the elixir of political power.

A nation's path to greatness lies in its economic prowess and ... militarism, empire, and aggression lead to a dead end.

It's really difficult to have your voice heard and feared when you both speak softly and carry a twig.

A society without democracy is a society of slaves and fools.

Books have the power to create, destroy or change civilizations."

Claiming all power for the purpose of prosperity and justice in society is conflicting to its own cause, rather authorizing individual authority is the just way toward a better society, because each individual has the right to decide about himself, and for collective decision making in society, all individual has the right to provide their input in it, after that majorities' rule and minorities' rights is the key to move forward, otherwise its destruction of society.

Democracy is good for you when you are not in power and worst when you are in power and that's why it is best form of government.

Each thinking mind is a political mind."