Quotes About Power

Passion is very destructive.

Legal arguments, particularly when they reach the highest court in the land, can be detached from daily life.

My nana was a detective; my nana was a great cop. You also have bad cops that were bullied in school or whatever and think that they have power, and that makes other cops look bad.

The goal is to deter war, and this can only be done with a strong, modern, and ready military that has overmatch in all domains.

The people themselves, and only the people, determine the rhythm of our fight.

Will you stand by it now, or will you let the Shylocks come and have their way? It is for you to determine.

In short, and let us be clear on it: race is not a card. It determines whom the dealer is, and who gets dealt.

Democracy is not theater - it determines life and death!

As someone from a developing country, I have a problem with rich countries thinking they can tell us anything, simply because they are giving money.

A world in which others controlled the course of their own development, would be a world in which the American system would be seriously endangered.

The devil I know is the establishment, and I'm gonna beat that devil.

Money is not of the devil. It depends on who's controlling it.

He's really sort of the devil. He's completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You find that in psychopaths. It's about power with Voldemort. It's an aphrodisiac for him. Power makes him feel alive.

I find myself evil. I believe in the devil as much as God. You can use either one to get things done.

Rock n' roll is the Devil's music.

I only gave back the devil the stuff I got serving him.

I love moments in film where there's no dialogue, and somebody communicates something with a look that kills you. That's why I love going to the cinema.

I've behaved badly in my life. I hope I haven't behaved as badly as Dickens! In a way, if you're a woman, you're not in a position to behave as badly, because you don't have the economic power.

No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.

That would be the biggest shake-up Washington ever had, if big money didn't dictate who the candidates were and who got elected.

People should never allow themselves to be dictated to by media.

You can't become a dictator through checks and balances.

Every anarchist is a baffled dictator.

There's nothing to fear. I'm not a dictator.