Power Quotes

The master's irresponsible power has no such bound.

I have sometimes been haunted with the idea that it was an imperative duty, knowing what I know, and having seen what I have seen, to do all that lies in my power to show the dangers and the evils of this frightful institution.

The power which establishes a state is violence; the power which maintains it is violence; the power which eventually overthrows it is violence.

The only people who attain power are those who crave it.

Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.

Caring for children is a dance between setting appropriate limits as caretakers and avoiding unnecessary power struggles that result in unhappiness.

Once the Afghan people vote and they choose their President with direct, secret ballot from all over the country, there will be a lot of difference in this country and a lot of legitimate power to flow with implementation.

There's nothing trite about being consoled in a world that does everything in its power to deliver sorrow.

We've come a long way. Power dressing now is designed to let the woman inside us come through.

Cheap labor is not going to be the way we compete in the United States. It's going to be brain power.

Power is the ability to get things done.

The thing that I would say is that U.S. power is not eternal. I am not saying that it won't come to an end. Because it will.

In my view, America has never had the opportunity to enter paradise. Europe enjoys the paradise it enjoys, in part because the United States provides the overall security that allows Europe to live in a system where military power is not a major issue.

Based on all criteria - military power, economic influence, cultural dominance - America remains number one, even though other, new players are increasingly challenging it in that role.

If French is no longer the language of a power, it can be the language of a counter power.

Some have said that the power of a Redeemer would depend upon two things: first, upon the richness of the self that was given; and second, upon the depths of the giving. Friend and foe alike are agreed on the question of the character of Jesus Christ.

If the Holy Spirit can take over the subconscious with our consent and cooperation, then we have almighty Power working at the basis of our lives, then we can do anything we ought to do, go anywhere we ought to go, and be anything we ought to be.

I don't want to be all power and muscle.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

Our Constitution recognises no other power than that of persuasion, for enforcing religious observances.

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

Most of the power of painting comes through the manipulation of space... but I don't understand that.

The Pact of Munich is signed. Czechoslovakia as a power is out.

Come forward as servants of Islam, organise the people economically, socially, educationally and politically and I am sure that you will be a power that will be accepted by everybody.

I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.

No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent.

Given the daunting challenges that we face, it's important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one.

For when we talk about the spreading power and influence of globalization, aren't we really referring to the spreading economic and military might of the US?

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.