Power Quotes

What the power structure is afraid of is that we're going to learn to recognize the truth when we hear it.

Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space and indefinite in duration.

In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we know about political power the better our choices should be and the better, in theory, our democracy should be.

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered.

I was actually telling people that - by harnessing the atom - we could enter a new era of unlimited power that would do away with the need to dam our beautiful streams.

I knew I was destined to be a rock star. I just knew it, like I've always had the power of foresight. I feel right now exactly the way I felt after I finished mixing my first solo album 'New York Groove'.

The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?

Power without abuse loses its charm.

A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power.

Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well. This doesn't have to end badly and I hope that it doesn't - but it's not an ideal position after one's first year in power.

The power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers.

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

People who have power respond simply. They have no minds but their own.

Power, as in the power structure, is why we are still using gas in cars.

The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it, the speed of his acceptance.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

The power of noble deeds is to be preserved and passed on to the future.

I think the touchstone is to give consumers a full, fair choice without the power of a monopoly operating system pushing them in a direction that free competition might or might not achieve.

Today it's almost impossible to do it unless you are an actress or writer with power... I wouldn't hesitate right this minute to hire a talented woman if the subject matter were right.

I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer.

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

When a judge assumes the power to decide which distinctions made in a statute are legitimate and which are not, he assumes the power to disapprove of any and all legislation, because all legislation makes distinctions.

Barack Obama's enemies are the people who make this country work. Barack Obama's enemies are those who succeed. Those are the people whose income he wants to redistribute. Those are the people whose income he wants to take, using the power and the force of the federal government to do it.

Man is pre-eminently endowed with the power of voluntarily and consciously determining his own point of view.

Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life.

I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.

We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.

About 10,000 years ago, males and females were acting equitably and were treating one another as equals, and then males took over the power, because they have physical power and physical strength.

It's because it was at a time when women didn't have any power. It was so unusual for a young woman in her 20s to have power that I seized the power but tried not to flaunt it.