It is not the qualified voters, but the qualified voters who choose to vote, that constitute political power. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
For a very long time, and among a large number of peoples, political power has belonged to the owners of the land. — Vilfredo Pareto Copy Share Image
The combination of economic and political power in the same hands is a sure recipe for tyranny. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I do not respect the Dalai Lama. He's a political power broker. The Dalai Lama is not honorable to me. — Ashin Wirathu Copy Share Image
The church is not a political power; it's not a party, but it's a moral power. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time. — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
Separation of church and state cannot mean an absolute separation between moral principles and political power. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
It is an essential feature of the just state that the wealthy be kept away from political power and that the politically… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
“I wanted to believe that as generations turned over, those coming into economic and political power would build a different, better, more… — Anna Wiener Copy Share Image
Mankind will never see an end of trouble until lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democratic governments are not delivering on their promises, which is partly due to the fact that governments are less powerful than they… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Investment that only goes to enrich an already wealthy elite bent on monopolizing both economic and political power cannot contribute toward égalité… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
There will be no end to the troubles of states,Or of humanity itself,Till philosophers become kings in this world,Or till those we… — Plato Copy Share Image
Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
I think art is the only political power, the only revolutionary power, the only evolutionary power, the only power to free humankind… — Joseph Beuys Copy Share Image
Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until… — Plato Copy Share Image
Not long ago, if you wanted to seize political power in a country you had merely to control the army and the… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Most people just aren't clear-eyed about the rural South. We think that the urban centers are the problem, and the rural areas… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
To enable consensus politics to develop we need to empower people where they live. This means devolving financial resources and political power… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
If welfare and equality are to be primary aims of law, some people must necessarily possess a greater power of coercion in… — Tibor R. Machan Copy Share Image
Private property creates for the individual a sphere in which he is free of the state. It sets limits to the operation… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“There is no history of mankind, there is only an indefinite number of histories of all kinds of aspects of human life.… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
Radicals, on the other hand, want to advance from the jungle of laissez-faire capitalism to a world worthy of the name of… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
But veteran lawmakers torn apart by PTSD don't have a choice about being Exhibit A in the case against Washington politics. When… — Leon Kass Copy Share Image
“And the extraordinary thing is that according to these texts all powers, all the power and glory of the kingdoms, all that… — Jacques Ellul Copy Share Image
“Every type of political power presupposes some particular form of human slavery, for the maintenance of which it is called into being.… — Rudolf Rocker Copy Share Image
Her seductive power, however, did not lie in her looks [...]. In reality, Cleopatra was physically unexceptional and had no political power,… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“Many outsiders clarified that they believe Christians have a right (even an obligation) to pursue political involvement, but they disagree with our… — David Kinnaman Copy Share Image
“Fugitive Peace (Sonnet 2219) In the opera of war, peace is fugitive - thinking soldiers are no good to state, either you… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“WE SAW HOW INCLUSIVE economic and political institutions emerge. But why do they persist over time? The history of the Black Act… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
Political power intoxicates the best hearts. No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with much political power. — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power. — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
Among the reasons that you go into journalism, I suppose, are some rather idealistic, even foolish reasons. In my case one of… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
Rehearse death. To say this is to tell a person to rehearse his freedom. A person who has learned how to die… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
“He is a free man, not because is in a poition of political power and influence that you will never be able… — Evan Meekins Copy Share Image
Creationists are possibly gaining more political power. In the U.S., you are constantly hearing stories of school boards harassing teachers and trying… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
When economic power became concentrated in a few hands, then political power flowed to those possessors and away from the citizens, ultimately… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I think that white women are more apt to read laterally. So I think there's some strong identification for women, and their… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image