Bankers and banks Quote by John C. Calhoun

As the old saying goes, 'money is power' and the more money the government takes, the more power it has over individuals.

— Angela McGlowan

The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power.

— Wael Ghonim

The more power government has to provide things, the more power it has to dictate terms.

— Sheldon Richman

The more power a government has the more it can act arbitrarily according to the whims and desires of the elite, and the more…

— Rudolph Rummel

The smaller the number and the more permanent and conspicuous the station of men in power, the stronger must be the interest which they…

— James Madison

The most powerful force possessed by the individual citizen is her own government. ... Government is the only organized mechanism that makes possible that…

— John Ralston Saul

A strong government is where the will of the people matters, where the voice of the people is heard and where the dreams of…

— Narendra Modi

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of economic power.

— Jose Saramago

“One word: power. The more politicians can control your access to your own wealth and earnings, the more powerful they are. The more politicians…

— Neal Boortz

“These various interests are well organized, command more wealth than most modern nations, and are represented in Congress with a strength far greater than…

— Edward Abbey

Big government inevitably drives an upward distribution of wealth to those whose wealth, confidence and sophistication enable them to manipulate government.

— George Will

“We have to rise up against all forms of power—but not just power in the narrow sense of the word, referring to the power…

— Michel Foucault