But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power..
I beg my Children to be just and virtuous, never to disgrace my name or theirs, and then they are out of fortune's power.
Maintaining checks and balances on the power of the Judiciary Branch and the other two branches is vital to keep the form of government set up by our….
The most immediate task is to make certain that no state or combination of states gains the capacity to expel the United States from Eurasia or even ….
Power tires only those who do not have it..
How heavy is the toll of sins and wrong that wealth, power and prestige exact from man..
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent ….
I will not cede more power to the state. I will not willingly cede more power to anyone, not to the state, not to General Motors, not to the CIO. I w….
We start with first principles. The Constitution creates a Federal Government of enumerated powers..
Orators are most vehement when they have the weakest cause, as men get on horseback when they cannot walk..
Take all your dukes and marquesses and earls and viscounts, pack them into one chamber, call it the House of Lords to satisfy their pride and then st….
Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is..
Power is at the root of the human experience. Our attitudes and beliefs--positive or negative--are all extensions of how we define and use power..
Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power..
A cult is a religion with no political power..
Stand still... and refuse to retreat. Look at it as God looks at it and draw upon His power to hold up under the blast..
The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse..
Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint..
Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact..
A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words..
Comedy is something that we can all share, no matter what language we speak or our background, it has the power to unite us all..