Quotes of: Abuse-of-power Keyword

Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent.

James Connolly

And when power ballads come back, we'll get big hair again.

Jerry Cantrell

Engineers are behind the cars we drive, the pills we pop and the way we power our homes.

James Dyson

Most of the power of painting comes through the manipulation of space... but I don't understand that.

Jasper Johns

The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses.

John Stuart Mill

I think that power comes in numbers, and we're in an industry where the actors need to have a bigger voice.

Julianna Margulies

Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat.

John Boyd Orr

Freewill means that the Universe never judges, never interferes with your own choices - and sees you as a being of equal creative power.

Joy Page

When journalists forget that our job is to question and annoy those in power, there can be huge consequences.

Jorge Ramos

People want to be special. I think ambition can take in a whole package of things, power or sexual excitement.

James Wolcott

People like Elizabeth Dole have given too much power to the special interests.

Kay Hagan

If America would withdraw from South Korea, there could be a power struggle between such as China and Japan.

Kim Dae Jung

People in positions of power and privilege have a duty to perform at a higher level. If not them, then who?

Kathleen Parker

Coal companies have a lot of power in the media, and unfortunately a lot of information doesn't get out.

Kevin Richardson

Power runs with ideas that only the crazy would draw into doubt.

Lawrence Lessig

Well, the United States is a Pacific power. And we have always had a presence in the Pacific.

Leon Panetta

Today the predatory state, or the predatory group of states, with power of total destruction, is no more to be tolerated than the predatory individual.

Lester B. Pearson

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

Lao Tzu

I'm trying to learn how to tap into the power of my own being. I know it sounds corny.

Lucinda Williams

It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce the policy of strength toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness.

Moshe Dayan

I don't think Silicon Valley understands the power of Wikipedia, how it works, or the opportunities it represents.

Mitch Kapor