The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
I feel strongly that Mother Teresa’s life has a great message for young people. We so often feel powerless to do anything… — Craig Kielburger Copy Share Image
As Brooks Adams put it, the sole problem of our ruling class is whether to coerce or to bribe the powerless majority. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
If we were handling a bomb which could go off at any minute as a result of our actions, we would mind… — Yehuda Berg Copy Share Image
One citizen, or a few, may be powerless if all the rest are determined to benefit from the imposition of unjust supranational… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
The idea of self-effacement, the idea that you feel so powerless that the only tiny morsel of power you have is over… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
You may feel powerless as a child, but the world will one day be yours. And you're responsible for it. So, seize… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
The myth that holds that the great corporation is the puppet of the market, the powerless servant of the consumer, is, in… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
We cannot have a just society that applies the principle of accountability to the powerless and the principle of forgiveness to the… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
When you focus on the eternal, victorious Son of God, you break the devil's heart and render him powerless. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Our words had to be circumspect. We could not write anything too negative about our circumstances. This was tricky, since the very… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless. — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Of all powers, love is the most powerful and the most powerless. It is the most powerful because it alone can conquer… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
For that was the terrible power of the dementors: to force their victims to relive the worst memories of their lives, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If we were strong, self-respecting and not susceptible to frightfulness, the foreign rulers would have been powerless for mischief. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“If you live your life to please everyone else, you will continue to feel frustrated and powerless. This is because what others… — Beverly Engel Copy Share Image
Alienation as we find it in modern society is almost total… Man has created a world of man-made things as it never… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The best word shakers were the ones who understood the true power of words. They were the ones who could climb the… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
As long as a woman is forced into believing she is powerless and/or is trained to not consciously register what she knows… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
No justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous. Without the aid of trained emotions the intellect is powerless against… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[I] have fantasies of killing myself and thus being the powerful one not the powerless one. — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
Placing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience; taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image