In an ideal world, an individual's institutional power would be correlated perfectly with his or her value-add. In practice, this is seldom the case.
A titled leader relies heavily on positional power to get things done; a natural leader is able to mobilize others without the whip of formal authority.
Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.
I don't think there is necessarily a contradiction between being a hegemonic power on the one hand and functioning multilaterally on the other.
Nuclear arms and atomic power represent a technology in which coexistence with man is extremely difficult.
Feminism justified female 'victim power' by convincing the world that we lived in a sexist, male-dominated, and patriarchal world.
The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.
A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric, of strong rights for workers and the weak in society.
Building a road might create temporary jobs, but does it really create wealth if it doesn't also shorten commute times or otherwise make society better off?
Technology investment drove growth in the 1990s, both directly and by fueling a rising stock market that led to increased consumer spending.
A vote of confidence from Cisco Systems can be very important to fledging technology companies, especially if they have initial public offerings on the horizon.
Apple has long been a leading innovator of mobile technology; I myself own an iPhone.
Chinese productivity is the highest in the world but the way they do it is by borrowing the technology from abroad, either by joint ventures or other means.
Because we imagine, we can have invention and technology. It's actually play, not necessity, that is the mother of invention.
Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose.
The first footfalls on Mars will mark a historic milestone, an enterprise that requires human tenacity matched with technology to anchor ourselves on another world.
It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment or social interests than the laws of thermodynamics, atomic structure or biological inheritance.
U.S. nuclear technology is one of this nation's most valuable secrets, and it should have been protected.
The committee's finding that China stole sensitive technology from U.S. weapons research labs is alarming.
I managed Hewlett Packard through the worst technology downturn in 25 years, the dotcom bust.
