Power Quotes

Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.

The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future.

A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold.

We work hard on the show. We really believe in the show. It's an enormous privilege to work on a show that has the power to touch people's lives in such a positive way. The fan mail and the e-mail certainly reflect that.

I truly believe that we have infinite levels of power that we don't even know are available to us.

Women have to harness their power - its absolutely true. It's just learning not to take the first no. And if you can't go straight ahead, you go around the corner.

Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them.

We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings.

At a young age, I was interested in comic books, which was really how I learnt to read. The name Cage came from a comic book character called Power Man.

Well, first of all, I think that a lot of the voters who are voting for the tea party candidates have really good impulses. That is, they believe that for years and years and years, the people with wealth and power or government power have done well and ordinary people have not. That's true.

I think art is a consolation regardless of its content. It has the power to move and make you feel like you're not.

A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power.

The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired.

Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change.

The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you.

Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it.

The power of music in Spanish is so strong, that I couldn't stay away from it any longer.

I love the sounds and the power of pounding water, whether it is the waves or a waterfall.

In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support (salary) is a power over his will.

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.

Power has to be insecure to be responsive.

What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.

If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.

It's sort of a feeling of power onstage. It's really the ability to make people smile, or just to turn them one way or another for that duration of time, and for it to have some effect later on. I don't really think it's power... it's the goodness.

I want every man on the force to try his best, his level best, to try to avoid arresting anyone. I know that this going to take great will power but try.

Let the message go out - a new generation has taken charge of Labour which is optimistic about our country, optimistic about our world, optimistic about the power of politics. We are optimistic and together we will change Britain.

I'm small, sleek and fast, but I can be lost, dropped on the floor, stolen, or chucked out a window at a moment's notice! To have my brain power in my small size should be enough. I'm brainy and beautiful, but two years from now I'll be obsolete!

Whatever else it was, Adolf Hitler's short-lived regime was also a colossal industrial process by which the wealth and productive power of much of Europe was wrenched from its normal purposes and converted into a machine for killing.

For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a commodity - of political groups aiming to rise to power.