Never should the power of an individual be allowed to impede the progress of the rest of the nation; never should the power of a nation be allowed to impede the progress of mankind.
America stood at the summit of power, emerging from the Cold War as an economic, cultural and military force without equal.
This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.
If women be educated for dependence; that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to power, where are we to stop?
When every physical and mental resources is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.
A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.
The basic premise of the Constitution was a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances because man was perceived as a fallen creature and would always yearn for more power.
The whole basis of the Constitution was a restriction of power, and the whole basis of the federalist system was that there was not one sovereign centralized power from which all authority flows.
One of America's greatest strengths is the soft power of our value system and how we treat prisoners of war, and we don't torture.
Given the daunting challenges that we face, it's important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one.
Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.
It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.
It is true, indeed, that the national domain is ours. It is true it was acquired by the valor and with the wealth of the whole nation. But we hold, nevertheless, no arbitrary power over it.
The fact is that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, that my friends, is true perversion.
I'm not embarrassed about the novels I wrote when I was younger, but I couldn't write them today because of my religion.
I think that we are at a point in our country where we're trying to decide what role should religion play in the political arena.
In spite of the huge diversity in Malaysia in terms of religion, culture, race, ethnicity and so forth, we've really gone very far in developing this country.
I'm a modern Muslim. I pray, and if I have a question, I ask someone who is more educated in the religion than me.
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.
I've just finished my next collection, Possible Side Effects, and I'm now working on a collection of holiday stories as well as a memoir about my relationship with my father.
It's the relationship I have with the world: always trying to escape from reality. I'm a daydreamer; I don't feel in harmony with my epoch or the societies I live in.
