Power Quotes

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds.

I am of mixed minds about the issue of privacy. On one hand, I understand that information is power, and power is, well, power, so keeping your private information to yourself is essential - especially if you are a controversial figure, a celebrity, or a dissident.

War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives.

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.

Being part of social movements like Black Lives Matter or organizations like NAACP, or any group representing a cause, gives you more resources, knowledge, and power. They can help you use your voice.

For me, collages manage to - it satisfies all of my madness, like I'm able to make these obsessive things, but then I'm also able to make these very strong statements. I don't know what they mean to other people, but in my mind, they have a very strong particular resonance; there's sort of a power.

Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives.

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.

God gave me the power. God showed me the way. He helps me and gives me support and it's my job to get that message out.

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.

When every physical and mental resources is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

The power of the living God is here on the earth. The Priesthood is here.

I think I'm a girl's girl in the sense that I support women a lot, and I'm definitely all for girl power, but I think I'm quite a tomboy at heart - even though I love my fashion and dressing up, I think my essence is very boyish.

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been.

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them.

When grand plans for scientific and defence technologies are made, do the people in power think about the sacrifices the people in the laboratories and fields have to make?

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

In every human society, there is an effort continually tending to confer on one part the height of power and happiness, and to reduce the other to the extreme of weakness and misery. The intent of good laws is to oppose this effort and to diffuse their influence universally and equally.