Quotes of: Abuse-of-power Keyword

When I came to the Senate in 1997, the world was being redefined by forces no single country controlled or understood. The implosion of the Soviet Union and a historic diffusion of economic and geopolitical power created new influences and establishe...

Chuck Hagel

And the banks - hard to believe in a time when we're facing a banking crisis that many of the banks created - are still the most powerful lobby on Capitol Hill. And they frankly own the place.

Life

All those years I thought that it was power that brought responsibility. It's not. I was wrong. It's responsibility that brings power. It's knowing what needs to be done that brings strength. And courage.

Life

Isn't there a flaw in the logic of that phrase - speak truth to power? It assumes that power doesn't know the truth. But power knows the truth just as well, if not better, than the powerless know the truth. Enron knows what it's doing. We don't have ...

The Checkbook and the Cruise Missile: Conversations with Arundhati Roy

If I had the power, I would ban leggings.

Jil Sander

Only when a new government comes to power do you learn to appreciate the values of the old one.

Myanmar

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You can always buy her back again.

Saudi Arabian

Worry is like a squatter: it sneaks in and tries to stay without paying rent! Serve it eviction papers"! HS/el

Coffee Hour with Chicklit Power A Cup of Encouragement for the Day

Sometimes when you least expect it, the tables turn and that scary feeling that has taken hold of you for so long somehow turns into hope

Chords of Strength: A Memoir of Soul, Song and the Power of Perseverance

Thoughts become things through action. The most powerful tool for creating changes in your life is attention and action. No action means no creation.

Change: Realizing Your Greatest Potential

The most powerful movement of feeling with a liturgy is the prayer which seeks for nothing special, but is a yearning to escape from the limitations of our own weakness and an invocation of all Good to enter and abide with us.

Daniel Deronda

Forgiving yourself means that you give up on your hope that the past will be different.

Dare to Forgive: The Power of Letting Go & Moving on

Capitalism puts things (capital) higher than life (labor). Power follows from possession, not from activity.

On Disobedience: Why Freedom Means Saying No to Power

Desire creates a starting point. Without it, no magic can be put into action.

Dragonflame: Tap Into Your Reservoir of Power Using Talismans, Manifestation, and Visualization

Strength, Confidence Original Thought I Seek You Out Until You're Caught

Dragonflame: Tap Into Your Reservoir of Power Using Talismans, Manifestation, and Visualization

Strength, Confidence Original Thought I Seek You Out Until Your Caught

Dragonflame: Tap Into Your Reservoir of Power Using Talismans, Manifestation, and Visualization

It has been my personal experience that as I allow the painting to speak I become lost, it is delicious and at the same time frightening. The best ones, to me, have a life of their own.

Elemental: The Power of Illuminated Love

May Love, Joy and Abundance Rain on Every Being in the World.

Easy Breezy Miracle: A Powerful, Exciting & Simple Guide to Creating an Extraordinary Life

Warning: Before beginning an program of physical inactivity, consult your doctor. Sedentary living is abnormal and dangerous to your health.

Exuberant Animal: The Power of Health, Play and Joyful Movement

Never underestimate the hidden power of one very determined person. There is nothing more powerful than determination and persistence.

Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics

Power doesn’t always roar.... The art of exerting power is an art used in doses - the more hidden it is the more effective.

Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics