Quotes About Power

On a more serious note, the idea that nothing is impossible with God can be a very difficult statement because it can give the impression that God could have acted when we needed healing or rescue.

Thus, when Magi appear in ancient sources, kings should get nervous.

The reference to Quirinius is therefore not a historical factoid; it is designed to remind readers about political leaders who promote armed rebellion.

just as the Magi, seen now as kings, paid homage to Jesus by following his star, so the kings of the earth should pay homage to the emperor by following his sign.

Any story set in the reign of King Herod is a story of political intrigue and of threats to life.

Competition in robbery don't need competition boards

Democracy ends with the ballot box sealing

Democracy in the market does not need ballot boxes.

despite the prestige, power, and wealth of pharaoh, he did not eat Arowana at lunch, and his wife did not swim by Louis Vuitton bikini in the Nile .

La seule minorité qui n'a pas besoin de quelqu'un pour défendre ses droits, ce sont les milliardaires

The government won't say it's producing rents it's going to say it's doing philanthropy

God is a force that guides us to our decisions.

Querida, no olvidéis que ésta es una isla, y una isla mujer: y que si bien nadie puede dudar que los hombres son extraordinarios conquistadores, además de otras cualidades bien conocidas, en definitiva las mujeres somos la civilización.

Strength of the mind is more powerful than strength of the muscles.

Written laws are like spiders' webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful.

[Anacharsis] laughed at him [Solon] for imagining the dishonesty and covetousness of his countrymen could be restrained by written laws, which were like spiders' webs, and would catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but easily be broken by the mighty and rich.

These decrees of yours are no different from spiders' webs. They'll restrain anyone weak and insignificant who gets caught in them, but they'll be torn to shreds by people with power and wealth.

I would define a book as a work of magic whence escape, all kinds of images to trouble the souls and change the hearts of men.

No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

There are forces, Lucius, infinitely more powerful than reason and science." " What are they?" asked Cotta. "Ignorance and folly," replied Aristaeus.

No, let us not conquer the heavens. It is enough to have the power to do so. War engenders war, and victory defeat. God, conquered, will become Satan; Satan, conquering, will become God. May the fates spare me this terrible lot!?

Epicure a dit: ou Dieu veut empêcher le mal et ne le peut, ou il le peut et ne le veut, ou il ne le peut ni ne le veut, ou il le veut et le peut. S'il le veut et ne le peut, il est impuissant; s'il le peut et ne le veut, il est pervers; s'il ne le peut ni ne le veut, il est impuissant et pervers; s'il le veut et le peut, que ne le fait-il, mon père ?

You cry, "give us war!" You are visionaries. When will you become thinkers? The thinkers do not look for power and strength from any of the dreams that constitute military art: tactics, strategies, fortifications, artillery and all that rubbish. They do no believe in war, which is a fantasy; they believe in chemistry, which is a science. They know the way to put victory into an algebraic formula.

think Him limited, even very limited. I no longer believe Him to be the only God. For a long time He did not believe it Himself; in the beginning He was a polytheist; later, His pride and the flattery of His worshippers made Him a monotheist. His ideas have little connection; He is less powerful than He is thought to be. And, to speak candidly, He is not so much a god as a vain and ignorant demiurge.