Power Quotes

"Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size"

Virginia Woolf, Author

"The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded"

Leo Tolstoy, Novelist

"The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute"

Charles de Gaulle, Leader

"Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place"

John F. Kennedy, President

"The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life"

John F. Kennedy, President

"Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both"

John F. Kennedy, President

"Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power"

Bertrand Russell, Philosopher

"Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers"

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Philosopher

"I believe in one thing only, the power of human will"

Joseph Stalin, Leader

"The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure"

George Washington, President

"I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good"

Socrates, Philosopher

"I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power"

Arthur C. Clarke, Writer

"Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments"

Andrew Jackson, President

"The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse"

Edmund Burke, Statesman

"Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats"

Thomas Sowell, Economist

"Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts"

Henry B. Adams, Historian

"The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to reside in a world where magic can happen, the kind of world we all believed in as children, but one that disappears as we grow older"

Chris Van Allsburg, Author

"Power may be at the end of a gun, but sometimes it's also at the end of the shadow or the image of a gun"

Jean Genet, Dramatist

"Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types"

Georg Brandes, Critic

"Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power"

Barbara Jordan, Politician

"He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense"

Joseph Conrad, Novelist

"And what do Democrats stand for, if they are so ready to defame concerned citizens as the "mob" - a word betraying a Marie Antoinette delusion of superiority to ordinary mortals. I thought my party was populist, attentive to the needs and wishes of those outside the power structure. And as a product of the 1960s, I thought the Democratic party was passionately committed to freedom of thought and speech"

Camille Paglia, Author

"Words, without power, is mere philosophy"

Muhammad Iqbal, Poet

"Now is not the time to compromise on the economy. Instead, we should be doing everything in our power to support long-term economic growth. Permanent repeal of the death tax will mean more high-quality, high-paying jobs for Americans"

Todd Tiahrt, Politician

"To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking"

Agnes de Mille, Dancer

"The power of the harasser, the abuser, the rapist depends above all on the silence of women"

Ursula K. Le Guin, Writer

"My office has been one of the most scrupulous in the country with regard to the protection of individual rights. I've been on record for years in law journals and books as championing the rights of the individual against the oppressive power of the state"

Jim Garrison, Public Servant

"Power without abuse loses its charm"

Paul Valery, Poet

"The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true"

George W. Bush, President

"Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power"

John Steinbeck, Author

"Everyone can relate to love, hurt, pain, learning how to forgive, needing to get over, needing the power of God in their life"

Tyler Perry, Actor

"Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the land that now constitutes the United States. They have helped develop the fundamental principles of freedom of speech and separation of powers that form the foundation of the United States Government"

Joe Baca, Politician

"Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name!"

Walter Savage Landor, Poet

"Unless someone truly has the power to say no, they never truly have the power to say yes"

Dan Millman, Author

"Of course, there is no question that Libya - and the world - will be better off with Gaddafi out of power. I, along with many other world leaders, have embraced that goal, and will actively pursue it through non-military means. But broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake"

Barack Obama, President

"Doing the instrumental thing, you're really looking for the power of the melody to carry the record"

Michael W. Smith, Musician

"Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth: namely, a healthy skepticism of the powers of government agencies to do good"

Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Politician

"Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can"

Philip Zimbardo, Psychologist

"For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end"

Hubert H. Humphrey, Politician

"Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice"

Ayn Rand, Writer

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