Allies Quote by Chinua Achebe

it is immoral for powerless people to accept this powerlessness. They may not succeed in getting power but they can fight for it, and…

— Jane Jacobs

There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don't.

— Audrey Hepburn

If you think you are powerless, then you are

— Anonymous

The acknowledgment of powerlessness does empower. We humans are powerless over a whole host of factors and conditions in the world, and mostly we're…

— Peg O'Connor

“When external sources of power are sought in personal relationships to overcome inner feelings of powerlessness, power comes not from a place of strength…

— Mark Rosen

The beauty of empowering others is that your own power is not diminished in the process.

— Anonymous

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm…

— John Stuart Mill

The more you care about the powerless, the more power you have. The more you serve those with no influence, the more influence God…

— Rick Warren

It's human nature to abuse power, no matter who you are.

— Naomi Wolf

Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

When your power comes from others, on approval, you are their slave. Never sacrifice yourselves - never! Whoever urges you to self-sacrifice is worse…

— Tobias Wolff

We have moral agency as a gift of God. Rather than the right to choose to be free of influence, it is the inalienable…

— Henry B. Eyring