Men Quote by James F. Byrnes Download Open image “Power intoxicates men. It is never voluntarily surrendered. It must be taken from them.” — James F. Byrnes ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Men Taken
“Power always and everywhere had had a pernicious, corrupting effect upon men. It "converts a good man in private life to a tyrant in… — Bernard Bailyn Copy Share Image
Power is, in its nature, encroaching; and such is the human make that men who are vested with a share of it are generally… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
The power of the state is measured by the power that men surrender to it. — Felix Morley Copy Share Image
Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story. — Lincoln Steffens Copy Share Image
What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in… — Alexander Graham Bell Copy Share Image
“Inherent in the power to make men free by force is the power to enslave them again,” — Michael Bunker Copy Share Image
... men of power are seldom protected from their own infirmities by the men subordinate to them -- not even in the sad circumstances… — Abigail McCarthy Copy Share Image
The one power a man has that cannot be stripped from him is the power to do nothing. — Morgan Llywelyn Copy Share Image
What we want is a lasting peace. We will oppose soft measures which invite the breaking of the peace. — James F. Byrnes Copy Share Image
Important as economic unification is for the recovery of Germany and of Europe, the German people must recognize that the basic cause of their… — James F. Byrnes Copy Share Image
I hope that the German people will never again make the mistake of believing that because the American people are peace-loving, they will sit… — James F. Byrnes Copy Share Image
It will give them the opportunity to show themselves worthy of the respect and friendship of peace-loving nations, and in time, to take an… — James F. Byrnes Copy Share Image
The carrying out of the Potsdam Agreement has, however, been obstructed by the failure of the Allied Control Council to take the necessary steps… — James F. Byrnes Copy Share Image
We have helped to organize the United Nations. We believe it will stop aggressor nations from starting wars. Because we believe it, we intend… — James F. Byrnes Copy Share Image
The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau. — James F. Byrnes Copy Share Image
We favor the economic unification of Germany. If complete unification cannot be secured, we shall do everything in our power to secure the maximum… — James F. Byrnes Copy Share Image
The world so clamors for action that men and women devote little time to thinking. Many believe in secondhand thinking. They find it easier… — James F. Byrnes Copy Share Image
Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life. — James F. Byrnes Copy Share Image
That was the principle of reparations to which President Truman agreed at Potsdam. And the United States will not agree to the taking from… — James F. Byrnes Copy Share Image
The German people were not denied, however, the possibility of improving their lot by hard work over the years. Industrial growth and progress were… — James F. Byrnes Copy Share Image
When I passed the Chancellor he arose, waved his hand at me, and I waved back at him. I think the writers showed bad… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
Life works most perfectly when a reciprocal love relationship is in place between man and God. — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
We do not want nowadays temples of worship and outward rites and ceremonies. What we really want is an Asram. We want a place… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Most celebrated men live in a condition of prostitution. — Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve Copy Share Image
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Hats off to starting a franchise younger than we all did in 'Twilight' and keeping your cool. The 'Harry Potter' men and women had,… — Kellan Lutz Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
That country [Carthage] was rapidly sinking into the state of barbarism from whence it had been raised by the Phoenician colonies and Roman laws;… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
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