Power Quotes

15857 Power quotes by 6592 unique authors

We know that this nation entered into solemn treaties [with Indian tribes] which have been continuously violated for more than 250 years. It's a disgrace.… — John McCain
Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion — Oprah Winfrey
Individual liberty is individual power, and as the power of a community is a mass compounded of individual powers, the nation which enjoys the most… — John Quincy Adams
If men, through fear, fraud, or mistake, should in terms renounce or give up any natural right, the eternal law of reason and the grand… — Samuel Adams
As the organized Left gained cultural power, it turned into a monster that found perpetual victimhood, combined with thought and speech control, the most efficient… — Tammy Bruce
The law, unfortunately, has always been retained on the side of power; laws have uniformly been enacted for the protection and perpetuation of power. — Thomas Cooper
He is free who knows how to keep in his own hands the power to decide at each step, the course of his life, and… — Salvador de Madariaga
Liberty is not just an idea, an abstract principle. It is power, effective power to do specific things. There is no such thing as liberty… — John Dewey
Kings or parliaments could not give the rights essential to happiness... We claim them from a higher source - from the King of kings, and… — John Dickinson
Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands from others… — Eric Hoffer
People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a… — Eric Hoffer
Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power. — Eric Hoffer
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a moneyed aristocracy that has set… — Thomas Jefferson
In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in… — Thomas Jefferson
Women should be protected from anyone's exercise of unrighteous power... but then, so should every other living creature. — George Eliot
Man is a transitory being, and his designs must partake of the imperfections of their author. To confer duration is not always in our power.… — Samuel Johnson
The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very… — Samuel Johnson
The hostility perpetually exercised between one man and another, is caused by the desire of many for that which only few can possess. Every man… — Samuel Johnson
The power, indeed, of every individual is small, and the consequence of his endeavours imperceptible, in a general prospect of the world. Providence has given… — Samuel Johnson
The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power. — Douglas MacArthur
Power, after all, is not just military strength. It is the social power that comes from democracy, the cultural power that comes from freedom of… — Edward Said
To blindly trust government is to automatically vest it with excessive power. To distrust government is simply to trust humanity - to trust in the… — James Bovard
It must never be forgotten...that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government as by the limitation of… — Richard Henry Lee
What I know for sure: Often we don't even realize who we're meant to be because we're so busy trying to live out someone else's… — Oprah Winfrey
What has made me successful is the ability to surrender my plans, dreams and goals to a power that's greater than other people and greater… — Oprah Winfrey

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