What Is Power Quotes
Mandela's commitment to democracy was ratified not only by his election, but by his willingness to step down from power
When Michelle and I decided that I would run for President, it was because of a shared belief in the power of community and connection, a commitment to the idea that we are our brothers' keepers.
Part of the power of the Internet is that information flows out there and it's generally not censored and it's generally not controlled by any single authority.
Our vulnerability to Russia or any other foreign power is directly related to how divided, partisan, dysfunctional our political process is. That's the thing that makes us vulnerable.
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He [Barack Obama] might have a pen, and he might have a phone, but what he does not have is the constitutional power to run this country like a dictator.
I think at a certain age I became conscious of the power of words. And it was fairly late. I was kind of a goofball - but I was always subconsciously thinking about issues.
There's just a whole different attitude and vibe when you're not in power as when you're in power.
We can make sure that people who don't have health insurance can buy into an insurance pool that gives them better bargaining power.
It is absolutely important that we have a unified alliance and that we explain to the Russians that you cannot be a 21st-century superpower, or power, and act like a 20th-century dictatorship.
Our enemies are also seeking the abilities to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, our air traffic control systems.
We've got to make sure that our economy is strong at home so that we can project military power overseas.
The first thing I would do would be to move forward with an agenda to make sure that we give D.C. the opportunity to elect its own representatives and have some political power on Capitol Hill.
To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek.
People tend to judge presidents on how the economy performs, and yet we don't expect them to have the power to do much about it. Or we don't want them to exercise that power, if they were to have it.
The appetite for power is old and irrepressible in humankind, and in its action almost always destructive.
The culminating point of administration is to know well how much power, great or small, we ought to use in all circumstances.
I think of myself as 'catching' the ball with my bat and letting the pitcher supply the power.
The gap between brute power and human need continues to grow, as the power fattens on the same faulty technology that intensifies the need.
No one really has the power, and everybody's trying to get through the day, and everybody's nervous and desperate.
Power feminism is just another scam in which women get to play patriarchs and pretend that the power we seek and gain liberates us.
Are they really gods?" "I never worry about theological questions," said Nightingale. "They exist, they have power and they can breach the Queen's peace - that makes them a police matter.
Fiction has this special power. It has a power to clarify, to galvanize, to prophesy, and warn.
The art of getting riches consists very much in thrift. All men are not equally qualified for getting money, but it is in the power of every one alike to practice this virtue.
Abuses of the freedom of speech ought to be repressed, but to whom are we to commit the power of doing it?
The greatest inventions are those inquiries which tend to increase the power of man over matter.
Names have power. In certain cultures, just speaking a man's name gives you mastery over him.
The wielders of power did not speak for it, nor did they naturally serve it. Their interest was to use and develop power, no less natural and necessary than liberty but more dangerous.
Why I was so intrigued with Red Skelton was because he was able to make you cry and laugh and the same time. That was power.
I think what the secretary Hillary Clinton has recognized is the American people are extremely angry about the power of Wall Street, the greed, the illegal behavior of Wall Street.
The . . . increase in the power of officials is a constant source of irritation to everybody else.
What vanity needs for its satisfaction is glory, and it's easy to have glory without power.
It is in the nature of imperialism that citizens of the imperial power are always among the last to know-or care-about circumstances in the colonies.
Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you do the opinions will suppress you.
Unfortunately, however, power is sweet, and the man who in the beginning seeks power merely in order to have scope for his benevolence is likely, before long, to love the power for its own sake.
Right now, after giving birth, I really understand the power of my body. I just feel my body means something completely different.
A difficult regional situation doesn't justify one man's determination to hold onto power. It's clear to me that democratization is a very complicated process.
All men should freely use those seven words which have the power to make any marriage run smoothly: You know dear, you may be right
What is your personal definition of "good"? A world in which everyone is universally empathetic and exercises love and respect with full change-making power.
I believe fuel cells will finally end the 100-year reign of the internal combustion engine. . . Fuel cells could be the predominant automotive power source in 25 years.
I believe that it was a testament to the change of power from the company to the fans because the more the fans ate it up, the more the company gave them what they want.
