Power Quotes

Small: I do not hesitate to say that the limitation on naval craft between the great naval powers was too high
"I do not hesitate to say that the limitation on naval craft between the great naval powers was too high"
Frank B. Kellogg, Politician
Small: I started rapping because I wanted people to hear what I have to say, I want as many people to hear me as poss
"I started rapping because I wanted people to hear what I have to say, I want as many people to hear me as possible, and I do everything in my power to make that pop"
Talib Kweli, Musician
Small: What connects two thousand years of genocide? Too much power in too few hands
Simon Wiesenthal
"What connects two thousand years of genocide? Too much power in too few hands"
Simon Wiesenthal, Activist
Small: Instead of a few hundreds of thousands of men meeting each other in war, millions would now meet, and modern w
"Instead of a few hundreds of thousands of men meeting each other in war, millions would now meet, and modern weapons would multiply manifold the power of destruction"
Edward Grey, Politician
Small: All forms of power - even based on the consensus of the democratic system - react when they are being attacked
Dario Fo
"All forms of power - even based on the consensus of the democratic system - react when they are being attacked, or when those who exercise power become a target"
Dario Fo, Playwright
Small: From the cradle to the grave she is subject to the power and control of man. Father, guardian, or husband, one
"From the cradle to the grave she is subject to the power and control of man. Father, guardian, or husband, one conveys her like some piece of merchandise over to the other"
Ernestine Rose, Activist
Small: Carry out the republican principle of universal suffrage, or strike it from your banners and substitute Freedo
"Carry out the republican principle of universal suffrage, or strike it from your banners and substitute 'Freedom and Power to one half of society, and Submission and Slavery to the other.'"
Ernestine Rose, Activist
Small: Coal companies have a lot of power in the media, and unfortunately a lot of information doesnt get out
Kevin Richardson
"Coal companies have a lot of power in the media, and unfortunately a lot of information doesn't get out"
Kevin Richardson, Musician
Small: In this context the British and Irish governments will have to promote a new, imaginative and dynamic alternat
"In this context the British and Irish governments will have to promote a new, imaginative and dynamic alternative in which both governments will share power in the north"
Gerry Adams, Politician
Small: But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which I wish to express my
Everett Dirksen
"But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which I wish to express my alarm. How easily we embrace such business"
Everett Dirksen, Politician
Small: If the power to do hard work is not a skill, its the best possible substitute for it
"If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it"
James A. Garfield, President
Small: While one party may possess the levers of power, one party does not possess a monopoly on good ideas.
Bill Owens
"While one party may possess the levers of power, one party does not possess a monopoly on good ideas. Good lawmaking, after all, is about the ability to craft effective solutions"
Bill Owens, Politician
Small: But it will be said that the husband provides for the wife, or in other words, he feeds, clothes and shelters
"But it will be said that the husband provides for the wife, or in other words, he feeds, clothes and shelters her! I wish I had the power to make every one before me fully realize the degradation contained in that idea"
Ernestine Rose, Activist
Small: They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers
"They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers"
Christian Nestell Bovee, Author
Small: It is high time to compel man by the might of right to give woman her political, legal and social rights.
"It is high time to compel man by the might of right to give woman her political, legal and social rights. She will find her own sphere in accordance with her capacities, powers and tastes; and yet she will be woman still"
Ernestine Rose, Activist
Small: No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagar
"No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined"
Harry Emerson Fosdick, Clergyman
Small: The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in powe
"The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power"
Bianca Jagger, Celebrity
Small: To win power anywhere you have to convince people that you can do something for them
"To win power anywhere you have to convince people that you can do something for them"
Todd Gitlin, Sociologist
Small: Thats not the part of the story that Im interested in, anyway. The part that Im interested in is all the perso
"That's not the part of the story that I'm interested in, anyway. The part that I'm interested in is all the personal stuff. I tried to base the powers on family archetypes"
Brad Bird, Cartoonist
Small: Its okay to be a fat man. Its prestige and power and all of that. But fat women are seen as just lazy and stup
Camryn Manheim
"It's okay to be a fat man. It's prestige and power and all of that. But fat women are seen as just lazy and stupid and having no self-control"
Camryn Manheim, Actress
Small: Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship
Adrienne Rich
"Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe"
Adrienne Rich, Poet
Small: As a consequence, progress has come to mean simply more power, more profit, more productivity, more paper pros
"As a consequence, progress has come to mean simply more power, more profit, more productivity, more paper prosperity, all of which are convertible into standards concerned only with size or magnitude rather than quality or excellence"
Alex Campbell, Politician
Small: You cant trust anybody with power
"You can't trust anybody with power"
Newt Gingrich, Politician
Small: Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even
Anthony Trollope
"Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks"
Anthony Trollope, Author
Small: Sometimes I think the world is divided into those who have a comfortable relationship with power and those who
"Sometimes I think the world is divided into those who have a comfortable relationship with power and those who have a naturally adversarial relationship with power"
Arundhati Roy, Novelist
Small: Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to be ignite
Johann Gottfried von Herder
"Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks"
Johann Gottfried von Herder, Philosopher
Small: Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging
"Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging"
Joseph Campbell, Author
Small: Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit
Chuck Palahniuk
"Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit"
Chuck Palahniuk, Novelist
Small: Well, I have an interest in power. I have an interest in people who find themselves in the position to exercis
"Well, I have an interest in power. I have an interest in people who find themselves in the position to exercise absolute power"
Boyd Rice, Artist
Small: Navigation is power of a limited sort - it enables us to manage the immensity of the media torrent
"Navigation is power of a limited sort - it enables us to manage the immensity of the media torrent"
Todd Gitlin, Sociologist
Small: My book is focused on the power of the American state, not least because the government of the United States g
"My book is focused on the power of the American state, not least because the government of the United States governs so much that the case could be made that everybody around the world ought to have a vote in determining some of its policies"
Todd Gitlin, Sociologist
Small: I am concerned about how to reverse the process by which a fundamentalist right and a corporate elite were abl
"I am concerned about how to reverse the process by which a fundamentalist right and a corporate elite were able to seize power in the United States"
Todd Gitlin, Sociologist
Small: American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others - partly becau
"American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others - partly because America itself was put together out of a multiplicity of national traditions"
Todd Gitlin, Sociologist
Small: Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex and, indeed, this is natural enough, when
"Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex; and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them"
William Cobbett, Politician
Small: The power which money gives is that of brute force it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet
"The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet"
William Cobbett, Politician
Small: Power always thinks... that it is doing Gods service when it is violating all his laws
John Adams
"Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws"
John Adams, President
Small: Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak
John Adams
"Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak"
John Adams, President
Small: Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought
John Adams
"Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power"
John Adams, President
Small: We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun
"We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun"
William Glasser, Psychologist
Small: The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say tha
"The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that"
Swami Vivekananda, Clergyman
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