Historically, Islam was hijacked about 20 or 30 years after the Prophet and interpreted in such a way that the ruler has… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
You know, 'power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely?' It's the same with powerlessness. Absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely. Einstein said everything had… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
Freedom means freedom from forces and circumstances which would turn man into a thing, which would impose on man the passivity and… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
An extensive empire must be supported by a refined system of policy and oppression; in the centre, an absolute power, prompt in… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Countless people have attempted to define the absolute power of the world of nature. Some praise it as god, some call it… — Koichi Tohei Copy Share Image
It is not true that the legislator has absolute power over our persons and property. The existence of persons and property preceded… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
“A fire burned in his belly with Helen's words, her challenge laid bare. Are you a king worthy of great glory, or… — Aria Cunningham Copy Share Image
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
It is not true that the legislator has absolute power over our persons and property, since they pre-exist, and his work is… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Do you honestly think Lenin is any different from J.P. Morgan? That you, if you were given absolute power, would behave any… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
Rights are not the language of democracy. Compromise is what democracy is about. Rights are the language of freedom, and are absolute… — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Powerful, yes, that is the word that I constantly rolled on my tongue, I dreamed of absolute power, the kind that forces… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Can anyone maintain power without lying? It looks to me like living without breathing. Morality apart, I think some evils are part… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“Immortality and absolute power do not mix. The longer we live, the more we believe the conclusions we have drawn over time… — David Kersten Copy Share Image
“In the end I began to understand. There is such a thing as absolute power over narrative. Those who secure this privilege… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
The pure Christian State is a State in which theological law prevails. This law attains to real power or, to be more… — Bruno Bauer Copy Share Image
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end...liberty is the only object which… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Sometimes we like to think if we had power, that we would be different, and we would be omnipotent, but the truth… — Naomi Ackie Copy Share Image
Bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations. Weapons of war must be abolished before… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
