Powerful Quotes

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The most powerful weapon in Chess is to have the next move — David Bronstein
English fans love spectacular players like Alan Shearer and that is exactly what United have now signed. He has magic in his boots. The first… — Cristiano Ronaldo
When I consider the multitude of associated forces which are diffused through nature - when I think of that calm balancing of their energies which… — Michael Faraday
The idea that it is funny to see wild animals coerced into acting like clumsy humans, or thrilling to see powerful beasts reduced to cringing… — Desmond Morris
He that feareth is a slave, were he never so rich, were he never so powerful. But he that is without fear is king of… — Eric Rucker Eddison
Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter
We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less… — Barack Obama
Better use has been made of association and this powerful instrument of action has been applied for more varied aims in America than anywhere else… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The globalisation of information makes people aware of what they have - and have not. Problems and oppression are impossible to hide, and the new… — Anna Lindh
For Rousseau and Mandeville the absence of a moral instinct meant the laws of society had no moral validity, they were nothing but the inventions… — Gertrude Himmelfarb
If you want to do evil, science provides the most powerful weapons to do evil; but equally, if you want to do good, science puts… — Richard Dawkins
Anyway that's a large part of what economics is - people arbitrarily, or as a matter of taste, assigning numerical values to non-numerical things. And… — Kim Stanley Robinson
The minority has discovered a powerful help in influencing majorities. It has been found possible so to mold the mind of the masses that they… — Edward Bernays
While few judges or prosecutors would be afraid to exercise their perfectly legitimate discretion in favour of an ordinary man, not to mention a minority… — Conrad Black
The Bush Administration do have moral values. Their moral values are very explicit: shine the boots of the rich and the powerful, kick everybody else… — Noam Chomsky
It is not that I am not a fan of American exceptionalism. That is like saying I am not a fan of the moon being… — Noam Chomsky
States are violent institutions. The government of any country, including ours, represents some sort of domestic power structure, and it's usually violent. States are violent… — Noam Chomsky
Remember, the U.S. is a powerful state, it's not like Libya. If Libya wants to carry out terrorist acts, they hire Carlos the Jackal or… — Noam Chomsky
No centralized government, no matter how big, how smart or how powerful, can effectively and efficiently control much of society in a beneficial way. On… — Charles Koch
All I ask is for powerful people to respond honestly to the questions, and if they can't, explain why. — Bill O'Reilly

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