Power Quotes

15857 Power quotes by 6592 unique authors

Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. — Abigail Adams
I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping,… — Abigail Adams
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. — Abigail Adams
Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help. — Alvin Adams
Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. — Russell Baker
Some of these actresses or public personas who are very public about their disciplined diets, more power to them. I just don't see the point.… — Amy Adams
It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. — James A. Baldwin
The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions. — James A. Baldwin
The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever. — James A. Baldwin
Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best. — Edward Abbey
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power. — Honore de Balzac
Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact. — Honore de Balzac
Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established. — Honore de Balzac
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true. — Honore de Balzac
People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those… — Albert Bandura
Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world. — Henry Adams
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies. — Henry Adams
A friend in power is a friend lost. — Henry Adams
Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic. — Henry Adams
But the lover's power is the poet's power. He can make love from all the common strings with which this world is strung. — Amelia Barr

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