Power Quotes

"Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit"

Freda Adler, Educator

"Almost everything I tried out for I pretty much got. I landed Power Rangers, and the rest is history"

Thuy Trang, Actress

"We kind of agree with Mao that political power comes largely from the barrel of a gun. And we get it that if you want a friend you should get a dog"

Ron Bloom

"I think the internal combustion engine will disappear from the streets of our cities in the next thirty years because transportation will be mass transportation, or probably electrical power"

Gaylord Nelson, Politician

"I don't want to hear again from the attorney general or anyone on this floor that this government has shown it can be trusted to use the power we give it with restraint and care"

Russ Feingold, Politician

"Knowledge is power. Most of us agree that something has to be done to strengthen Social Security, and I believe it's irresponsible to arbitrarily dismiss any idea, Republican nor Democrat, without giving it a hard look"

Conrad Bums

"I didn't become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot of opportunities"

Tom Cruise, Actor

"My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt"

Anna Sewell, Writer

"Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all my energy and all I possess in my power to serve the people of Nigeria and humanity"

Olusegun Obasanjo, Statesman

"Clearly, this Sino-Japanese War of more than four years was a considerable burden on Japan's national power and an obstacle to the maintenance of peace in the Pacific"

Tojo Hideki, Statesman

"I wanted a woman who had the body and the power of a real pilot. I interviewed hundreds of woman, but Jessica just seemed perfect for the part. I couldn't get her out of my head. I continued to bother her and she finally gave in"

Rob Cohen

"Christianity is the greatest civilizing, moulding, uplifting power on this globe"

Mark Hopkins, Educator

"I learned the power of radio watching Eleanor Roosevelt do her show. I used to go up to Hyde Park and hold her papers. I was just a messenger, but it planted the bug of radio in me"

Allen Funt, Celebrity

"There will be a meeting of the great powers who will disagree, and the next noise we hear will be the screeching of elevators going up and down from heaven to hell"

Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, Educator

"Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world"

Henry Brooks Adams

"The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth"

Frederick Law Olmsted, Architect

"Racial discrimination, South Africa's economic power, its oppression and exploitation of all the black peoples, are part and parcel of the same thing"

Oliver Tambo, Politician

"My favorite type of music to sing is definitely those big ballads, I just love doing those power ballads"

Pia Toscano, Musician

"You must never underestimate the power of the eyebrow"

Jack Black, Actor

"Those who are leftists, once in power, are not different from other parties"

Ahmed Ben Bella, Politician

"Che came in 1963, shortly after I had come to power"

Ahmed Ben Bella, Politician

"Because of the power of television, I was visible to everybody all over the world. But there are many things in the theater that are more fulfilling and that I look forward to doing more. But really, I love it all: theater, film, television"

Charlotte Rae, Actress

"Power intoxicates men. It is never voluntarily surrendered. It must be taken from them"

James F. Byrnes, Politician

"The rise of China as a new power is another great challenge for the US. Our failure to properly handle Germany and Japan earlier in the 20th century cost us and the world dearly. We must not make this same mistake with China"

Steve Forbes, Businessman

"The power to define the situation is the ultimate power"

Jerry Rubin, Activist

"I imagine a future aircraft, which will take off vertically, fly as usual, and land vertically. This flying machine should have no moving parts. This idea came from the huge power of cyclones"

Henri Coanda, Inventor

"I was born and trained to communicate music, just as the sons were born and trained to hunt, and I was lucky to have grown up in Hungary, a country that lives and breathes music-that has a passionate belief in the power of music as a celebration of life"

Georg Solti, Musician

"Every crisis offers you extra desired power"

William Moulton Marston, Psychologist

"Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other's"

Deborah Tannen, Sociologist

"Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up"

Hannah Arendt, Historian

"The war we are fighting today against terrorism is a multifaceted fight. We have to use every tool in our toolkit to wage this war - diplomacy, finance, intelligence, law enforcement, and of course, military power - and we are developing new tools as we go along"

Richard Armitage, Politician

"I can assure you we are a responsible nuclear power"

Manmohan Singh, Statesman

"When I went out on tour as Bing Hitler I would hook up with Lenny and we'd get drunk together. He was always very supportive. He was a big star and a lot of what he said to me had power and impact. Apart from that, I just like him"

Craig Ferguson, Comedian

"I will interview bigwigs if I get the chance, but you are seldom surprised by people in power - you've got to get awfully damn close to get anything new"

Joe Sacco, Journalist

"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"

Imre Lakatos, Philosopher

"We show deference to the civil authorities when they respect the divine origin of their power and when they serve the people with objective reference to the law of God"

Angelo Scola, Clergyman

"The University conceives of itself as dedicated to the power of the intellect. Its commitment is to the way of reason"

Edward Levi, Public Servant

"There is incredible power in the arts to inspire and influence"

Julie Taymor, Director

"Sony could have $50 million and a sound stage and A-list actors and never make the same film. The constraints on this film became the essence of this film, became the power of this film"

Joshua Leonard, Actor

"We're living under the illusion that we have the power to determine what to do with it"

Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, Educator

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