Quotes of: Abuse-of-power Keyword

The stated mission at the time was simply to use the influence of the entertainment industry to do an accurate portrayal of drug and alcohol abuse. We all admit that we're not trying to censor anybody.

Gerald McRaney

[Looking at psychiatrist's ink blot, remembering his abusive mother] Rorschach: Some nice flowers.

Watchmen

Some of the world's most appalling abuses have been justified by religion because it is possible for people to find vindication in their scriptures for any of their prejudices.

Zac Goldsmith

I loved the Cure and Bauhaus and the Smiths. The people in my town weren't privy to that kind of music and I got abused. I discovered the microphone to get out some of that angst.

Fred Durst

My father rebelled ferociously against his conservative upbringing where his father physically abused him.

Anthony Kiedis

If I'd had fame early on, I'd have been able to abuse it in the way that a young man should.

Benedict Cumberbatch

I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board.

Jamie Lee Curtis

One must always be careful, for the art of shamanism is fueled by the power of the will, interacting with the power of the plants. And it seems all too easy for some shamans to warp that power to dark ends, to the 'shamachismo' that can drive them to...

Aya: A Shamanic Odyssey

This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life....

Susan Polis Schutz

Love is a great power, and such a strange power...

Day Watch

Love is not the opposite of power. Love IS power. Love is the strongest power there is.

The Love Mindset

Most powerful is he who has himself in his power.

Seneca

Loyalty of the law-making power to the executive power was one of the dangers the political fathers foretold.

Garet Garrett

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

Huey Newton

In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power.

Malcolm X

Wealth and power don't go together. Power cannot be brokered. To me, power is responsibility.

Nita Ambani

The church is not a political power; it's not a party, but it's a moral power.

Pope Benedict XVI

Knowledge is power, isn't that what we say? But power corrupts. An institution based on knowledge and learning can't help but be a corrupt institution.

Blood of the Lamb: A Novel of Secrets

I think the corruption of power is very interesting, and I think the idea that power is something that... You know, when people want power, they're a certain individual. When people acquire power by accident, they're different again.

David Morrissey

Lorenzo St. DuBois: Love Power! Talkin' 'bout Love Power! The Power of a Sweet Flower... is gonna rule the Earth! [prances] Lorenzo St. DuBois: And there'll be a Great Rebirth! Love is the Power that is mine...

The Producers