People Power Quotes
Although tyranny...may successfully rule over foreign peoples, it can stay in power only if it destroys first of all the national institutions of its own people.
From the pain come the dream From the dream come the vision From the vision come the people From the people come the power From this power come the change.
Have you noticed that the people who actually make the laws, the people in power, never make laws for themselves?
God and the people are the source of all power. I have twice been given the power. I have taken it, and damn it, I will keep it forever.
However formidable a military power you may be, you cannot impose upon a people anything against their will.
Writers have a rare power not given to anyone else: we can bore people long after we are dead.
My passion is to open people's eyes to the sea using the power of photography as a universal language to convince the unconvinced among us that the oceans are fragile and finite.
The problem with addicted people, communities, corporations, or countries is that they tend to lie, cheat, or steal to get their 'fix.' Corporations are addicted to profit and governments to power.
There's a lot of power in the word 'no,' and a lot of people, like myself, need to know that.
The power of an intention multiplies, depending upon how many people are thinking the same thought at the same time.
Democracy has proved only that the best way to gain power over people is to assure the people that they are ruling themselves. Once they believe that, they make wonderfully submissive slaves.
Government is nothing more than the combined force of society, or the united power of the multitude, for the peace, order, safety, good and happiness of the people.
Freedom of speech and of the press are essential to the enlightenment of a free people and in restraining those who wield power.
You lose power to the people and circumstances you judge. They capture your attention in the same way that a movie does.
If you care about other people, you might try to organize to undermine power and authority. That's not going to happen if you care only about yourself.
Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives.
A standing army, however necessary it may be at some times, is always dangerous to the liberties of the people. Such power should be watched with a jealous eye.
The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.
The peril of this Nation is not in any foreign foe! We, the people, are its power, its peril, and its hope.
It is in our power to educate all the children of the world to become a little better as people, a little happier.
Hunger is a people-made phenomenon, so the central issue is power: the power of those who make the decisions about what is grown and who, or what, it's grown for.
Control does not come from strong police forces, does not come from oppression and repression, does not come from violating people's rights or giving the security systems undue powers
Teens today rule the world. The whole culture - movies, music - is pointed at young people. They have so 'much' power.
I think really what unites psychedelic people is the faith in the power of the imagination.
For the stability of the Government, the people should have a considerable voice in the elections.
None of us has the power to make someone else love us. But we all have the power to give away love, to love other people. And if we do so, we change the kind of world we live in.
Our mission is to make the world more open and connected. We do this by giving people the power to share whatever they want and be connected to whoever they want, no matter where they are.
I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
A half-hearted spirit has no power. Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Average people enter into their endeavors headlong and without care.
While living in America when I attended Harvard in the early 1970s, I saw for myself the awesome, almost miraculous, power of a people to change policy through democratic means.
We all know the power of film; we all know there's almost nothing more powerful than to see people on film that look and talk like you, like we do.
Sane, normal people don't need power trips. So the lunatics end up in charge of everything.
The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.
I often get letters, quite frequently, from people who say how they like the programmes a lot, but I never give credit to the almighty power that created nature.
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.
I think that there are a few people that are power manipulators that have gotten control of things.
Autonomy is the whole thing; it's what unhappy people are missing. They have given the power to run their lives to other people.
All authority belongs to the people... In questions of power let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief with chains of the Constitution.
There is something fundamentally unfair about a government that takes away so much of people's money, power, and personal control while telling them that life will be better as a result.
Science promised man power. But, as so often happens when people are seduced by promises of power, the price is servitude and impotence. Power is nothing if it is not the power to choose.
I will do everything in my power to make sure people are aware that our team is out there fighting the good fight for the tennis fans of the United States.
