Political Power Quotes

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All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns can ever be used to command the party.

Whenever the clergy succeeded in conquering political power in any country, the result has been disastrous to the interests of religion and inimical to the progress of humanity.

Mankind will never see an end of trouble until lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power become lovers of wisdom

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion it will cease to be free for religion - except for the sect that can win political power.

Catholicism is more than a religion, it is a political power. Therefore I'm led to believe there will be no peace in Ireland until the Catholic Church is crushed

To develop political and economic power in a capitalist society, you need capital.

Govern wisely, and as little as possible

When economic power became concentrated in a few hands, then political power flowed to those possessors and away from the citizens, ultimately resulting in an oligarchy or tyranny.

We live in a time when complex ethical questions are easily subordinated to the demands of efficiency, profit maximization, and maintenance or furthering of political power.

All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates.

The combination of economic and political power in the same hands is a sure recipe for tyranny.

The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.

The challenge remains. On the other side are formidable forces: money, political power, the major media. On our side are the people of the world and a power greater than money or weapons: the truth.

So long as free land exists, the opportunity for a competency exists, and economic power secures political power.

If we will not endure a king as a political power, we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of the necessaries of life.

For a very long time, and among a large number of peoples, political power has belonged to the owners of the land.

Are we prepared to take on the enormous political power of the billionaire class or do we continue to slide into economic and political oligarchy?

Political power does not rest with those who cast votes; political power rests with those who count votes.

We must recognize that we can't solve our problems now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power.... a radical restructuring of the architecture of American society.

I do not respect the Dalai Lama. He's a political power broker. The Dalai Lama is not honorable to me.

I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives

Political organizations are formed to keep the powerful in power.

The only valid political system is one that can handle an imbecile in power without suffering from it

Political power intoxicates the best hearts. No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with much political power.

If you ask the government to impose morality, then moral questions will be decided by whoever has the most political power.

The coal industry is an even larger part of the Australian economy than it is of the American, and it has an enormous amount of political power.

Now the sole remedy for the abuse of political power is to limit it; but when politics corrupt business, modern reformers invariably demand the enlargement of the political power.

Legitimacy is the elixir of political power.

Concentrated political power is the most dangerous thing on earth.

Political power means the capacity to regulate national life through national representatives.

The church, inserted and active in human society and in history, does not exist in order to exercise political power or to govern the society.

By the very nature of government schooling, the matter of what goes into school textbooks must necessarily be a political matter, to be decided by those I political power.

Political power goes much deeper than one suspects; there are centres and invisible, little-known points of support; its true resistance, its true solidity is perhaps where one doesn't expect it.

The Church is not a political power, nor a political party, but rather a moral reality, a moral force.

Many of the greatest tyrants on the records of history have begun their reigns in the fairest manner. But the truth is, this unnatural power corrupts both the heart and the understanding.

All political power is a trust.

Anyone in England who puts himself forward to be elected to a position of political power is almost bound to be socially or emotionally insecure, or criminally motivated, or mad.

The advancement of freedom is not a matter of who wields political power over creative actions; rather, it depends upon the disassembling of such power.

Though, with the ascendancy of Louis, the political power of the nobles finally came to an end, France remained, in the whole complexion of her social life, completely aristocratic.

Nature, as we say, does nothing without some purpose; and for thepurpose of making mana political animal she has endowed him alone among the animals with the power of reasoned speech.

At EMILY's List, we’re in the business of expanding the political power of women.

Islam has some of the best defenses against other god viruses and has the potential to be more parasitically aggressive when consolidating political power with a society.

Religious power, which, as I have already said, frequently identifies itself with political power, has always been a protagonist of this bitter struggle, even when it seemingly was neutral.

It may come as a surprise to some academics, but there is a marked relationship between economic power and political power.

The abuse of political power is not as important as the loss of lives. Plus there is a process for curing the abuse of institutions.

You can't keep changing the rules based upon who holds political power.

MEN being, as has been said, by nature, all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate, and subjected to the political power of another, without his own consent.

I believe in a democracy and we live in a democracy. We have a titular head of state as the monarch but without political power.

We live in a world in which celebrity recognition, media access, and power translate very quickly into political power and indeed economic power.