Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I, To mourn, and murmur and repine, To see the wicked placed on high, In pride and robes of honor shine. But oh, ….
I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go..
Power is not brute force and money; power is in your spirit. Power is in your soul. It is what your ancestors, your old people gave you. Power is in ….
men never would share power with women willingly. If we wanted it, we would have to take it..
I'm finally ready to own my own power, to say, "This is who I am." If you like it, you like it. And if you don't like it, you don't. So watch out; I'….
Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them..
A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight..
One should be in harmony with, not in opposition to, the strength and force of the opposition. This means that one should do nothing that is not natu….
Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destr….
Authority is supposedly grounded in wisdom, but I could see from a very early age that authority was only a system of control and it didn't have any ….
It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem..
The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unli….
Minds think with ideas, not information No amount of data, bandwidth, or processing power can substitute for inspired thought..
Margaret Thatcher has shown that there is power and dignity to be won by defying the status quo and the majority rather than by adapting to them. If ….
But sea power has never led to despotism. The nations that have enjoyed sea power even for a brief period-Athens, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Engla….
My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all opinions and prejudices. I have flatt….
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true..
Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with….
The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakne….
Power should answer by action, not by speech..
We are talking about an awesome power. It is the power to weave illusions that appear real as long as they last. That is the very core of the Fed's p….