Power Quotes

"I did say that in-group, authority and purity are necessary for the maintenance of order, but I would never give them a blanket endorsement."

"The most powerful force ever known on this planet is human cooperation - a force for construction and destruction."

"When there is a huge force pressing down on freedoms, sub-cultures with more creativity and power are likely to form."

"Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy?"

"If we destroy human rights and rule of law in the response to terrorism, they have won."

"Every state in America has an end of life directive or durable power of attorney provision. For the peace of mind of your children and your spouse as well as the comfort of knowing the government won't make these decisions, it's a very popular thing. Just not everybody's aware of it."

"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."

"Who overcomes By force, hath overcome but half his foe."

"I don't think there is necessarily a contradiction between being a hegemonic power on the one hand and functioning multilaterally on the other."

"No writer should minimize the factor that affects everyone, but is beyond control: luck."

"O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed: By keeping men off, you keep them on."

"I wasn't a good rule-breaker when I was younger."

"When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses."

"Never before has man had such capacity to control his own environment, to end thirst and hunger, to conquer poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and massive human misery. We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last."

"It takes enormous strength to be a real woman."

"It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman."

"Repentance is but want of power to sin."

"By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion."

"The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition."

"You don't build a new power plant in the United States overnight. It takes years to build."