Quotes about Power (page 3)

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“Power in America today is control of the means of communication.”
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“Where does virgin wool come from? The sheep that runs the fastest.”
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“I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.”
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“Power, like a desolating pestilence, pollutes whatever it touches.”
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“Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.”
VerifiedRules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals (1971) · evidencePower
“Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.”
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“It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.”
VerifiedUsed by Thatcher at a private dinner in 1987 (Sunday Times, 1989); the saying itself is an older folk proverb · evidencePower
“Power has only one duty --to secure the social welfare of the People.”
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“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.”
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“Ten persons who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.”
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“The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious.”
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“The secret to all power is to only do that which all would willingly do.”
— Kinkel
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“No man is wise enough, or good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.”
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“If school results were the key to power, girls would be running the world.”
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“Men should think twice before making widow hood woman's only path to power.”
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“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.”
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“Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.”
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“Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”
MisattributedNot by Margaret Thatcher. Earliest known source: Jesse L. Carr, Teamsters leader, Alaska (1975). · evidencePower
“What you seek, exists within you. Every resource you need is available to you.”
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“By time and council do the best we can: The event is never in the power of man.”
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“I said to the almond tree: "Speak to me of God." And the almond tree blossomed.”
VerifiedThe Fratricides (1961), epigraph (tr. Athena Gianakas Dallas, 1964) · evidencePower
“Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.”
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“No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.”
VerifiedLecture IX : On the Conduct of the Understanding · evidencePower
“Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.”
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“You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.”
MisattributedNot by Al Capone. Earliest known source: Comedian Professor Irwin Corey, Variety (29 July 1953). · evidencePower
“We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.”
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