Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship. — Bruce Coville Copy Share Image
All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory. — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
The secret of rulership is to combine a belief in one’s own infallibility with a power to learn from past mistakes. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Democracy or military rule, Right from the repressive policies of the ruling class, then grabbing power from the device remains in — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
I think there's a real hunger out there for new voices who will speak more truth to power and who are less… — Sam Seder Copy Share Image
There is an interesting interplay between power corrupting and corruption empowering. The causality does not go one way. — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share Image
The idea of authority, which they represented, was associated in our minds with a greater insight and a more humane wisdom. — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
I don't pose as an authority on anything at all, I follow the opinions of the ordinary people I meet, and I… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
Over the years, I discovered over and over again that once you lose control, you have a chance of getting good at… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
The power of one is above all things the power to believe in yourself, ofen well beyond any latent ability you may… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
Beware of the word control, as it is three in one and frequently denotes bullies - CONTROL(bullies exercise control over their victims)… — Cailleach Bheur Copy Share Image
In the old systems, hierarchies emanate power from above to below through forms of line management and are ideologically supported by cosmologies… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
He who wills believes with a fair amount of certainty that will and action are somehow one; he ascribes the success, the… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
To have security against atomic bombs and against the other biological weapons, we have to prevent war, for if we cannot prevent… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The Moon! Mars! Asteroids! Rockets! Helium 3! Space solar power! Space tourism! We go through fads, swarm around the hero de jour,… — Rick Tumlinson Copy Share Image
A social group can, indeed must, already exercise 'leadership' before winning governmental power (this is indeed one of the principal conditions for… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
I was so scared of going back to the theatre after 'Hamlet.' I didn't know if I'd do a play again because… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
The Canadian power line is going to industrialize Patagonia, and it is going to discount the one economic card the region has… — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share Image
People despise the lust for power that originates from a craving for homage and for the attributes of power. — Konstantin Ushinsky Copy Share Image
Once you have power, you are inevitably surrounded by people who have their own agendas and will tell you whatever advances them. — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
Of course you'll encounter trouble. But behold a God of power who can take any evil and turn it into a door… — Catherine Marshall Copy Share Image
Who are we to give other human beings so much power over our own peace of mind? Take back from others the… — Yahiya Emerick Copy Share Image
“Success is more than just power or not violating the rights of others; it is the privilege of contributing to the betterment… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
He who is firmly seated in authority soon learns to think security, and not progress, the highest lesson in statecraft. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
“When we last out at ourselves for having lost control, we are reminded that we never can be in total control, that… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
“I might be fragile like a mirror. You might be the rock. Hit me all you want. But still in the end… — Richa Pandey Copy Share Image
We have an active program. We have nuclear weapons, we are a nuclear power. We have an advanced missiles program. — Ayub Khan Copy Share Image
I'm not a person who likes authority. I just love the fact that it's up to me, and I go straight to… — Rita Rudner Copy Share Image
The importance of a lost romantic vision should not be underestimated. In such a vision is power as well as joy. In… — Sarah-Patton Boyle Copy Share Image
There's something so glorious in giving control to the world. I think that's what I'm trying to do in my films-control the… — Derek Cianfrance Copy Share Image
Although I don't like the way the Chinese do business, I continue to do business in China. I have to. They're the… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
As doctors, we are not trained to communicate and understand the power of our words as they relate to a patient's ability… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
People only have power over you if you give them power, no one can have power over you unless you submit to… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
“The power of a plan is not that it will get you there. The power of a plan is that it will… — Jeff Olson Copy Share Image
“The world is based on power. Power is simple. It is the ability to get others to do one’s will. Nothing more,… — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
“At its core were certain principles: authority should be questioned, hierarchies should be circumvented, nonconformity should be admired, and creativity should be… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
Even in my darkest hour the LORD will bless me with his power, HIS loving grace will sure abound, in HIS sweet… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No matter how much you stress or obsess about the past or future, you can't change either one. In the present is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wound up getting offered a job at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory where I invented a power supply mechanism for the… — Lonnie Johnson Copy Share Image
The hold on power always ends. While death will surely break it, someone else usually grabs it before then. — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
