Power does not justify sin. Power is not virtue. Virtue is that which lasts inspite of power
Jefferson was ambivalent about executive power – until he bore executive responsibility.
This is the power of a kiss: It does not have the power to kill you. But it has the power to bring you to life.
Every country that's ever been the most powerful country in the world ceases to be the most powerful country in the world at some point.
You know, if you think about it, the most powerful people on this earth probably never raise their voices - they just say it and people hop to, because they have that power.
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.
The value of the majority lies not in the opportunity to wield great power, but in the chance to use power to do great things.
Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.
There is no one in al-Nahda that is 'violence is a means of change or to keep power.' Everyone in al-Nahda believes that democracy is the only way to reach power and to stay in power.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?
All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.
The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements.
There are many powerful men and women in mobile. I'm fortunate to be part of that group. By no means do I think I'm the most powerful person.
Capitalism is the most powerful tool for positive social change.
The asymmetry of power that cuteness revolves around is another compelling reminder of how aesthetic categories register social conflict. There can be no experience of any person or object as cute that does not somehow call up the subject’s sense o...
The Overhead bears the most powerful Healers in Heaven,” Mother began softly. “The Healers—or Guardian Angels, as we were once known as—are given the most power from the sun. Our powers to heal others come from the light and good of the earth...
The moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for love, for joy, for peace.
There is power born of humility . . . Humility, in business and in life, is a powerful asset and does not denote lowliness, unimportance, or self-deprecation.
If women had power, what would men be but women who can't bear children? And what would women be but men who can?...I mean, men give her [a queen] power. They let her use their power. But it isn't hers, is it? It isn't because she's a woman that she'...
The power of the crocodile is in the water.
