John Locke Quotes

I have no reason to suppose that he, who would take away my Liberty, would not when he had me in his Power, take away everything else.

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• The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • True
  • Liberty
  • Danger

• Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.

  

  Patrick Henry
  • Up
  • Freedom
  • Attention

• But only art and music have the power to bring peace.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Music
  • Art
  • Power

• I really want women to know their power, to value their experience. To understand that nothing has been more wholesome in the political process than the increased involvement of women.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • Women
  • Experience
  • Power

• Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.

  

  Ulrich Beck
  • Business
  • Power
  • Science

• I do love doing films; I love going out and creating different characters for each film, and not having to be stuck with one role for many, many years. It's a creative liberty that I love.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • Different
  • Love
  • Creative

• Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.

  

  Nas
  • People
  • Power
  • Generation

• The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.

  

  Ferdinand Foch
  • Power
  • Never
  • Mysterious

• Lenin, the greatest theorist of them all, did not know what he was going to do after he had got the power.

  

  Garet Garrett
  • Power
  • Know
  • Greatest

• I'm not going to change the world overnight. It's one person at a time, and hopefully they're people in positions of power who can help people get in those roles and really, truly embrace colorblind casting.

  

  Gabrielle Union
  • People
  • Time
  • World

• Faith is the complete reliance on the power and goodness of Spirit and the firm belief that you are always connected to this goodness. Always affirm your faith and not your doubt.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Power
  • Faith
  • Doubt

• No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • May
  • Character
  • Power

• Holding our own government to account for the use of its power is, in my view, the highest mission of a U.S. news organization.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Power
  • Government
  • Organization

• If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to blind, imprison, and destroy.

  

  Ralph Ellison
  • Power
  • Free
  • Blind

• Let the message go out - a new generation has taken charge of Labour which is optimistic about our country, optimistic about our world, optimistic about the power of politics. We are optimistic and together we will change Britain.

  

  Ed Miliband
  • World
  • Country
  • Power

• If you want to provoke, you should provoke someone who is stronger than you, otherwise you are misusing your power.

  

  Lars von Trier
  • Power
  • Want
  • Stronger

• Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.

  

  Frances Wright
  • Soul
  • Liberty
  • Equality

• Adolescence, that swampy zone between safety and power, is best patrolled by adults armed with sense and mercy, not guns and a badge.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Power
  • Best
  • Safety

• The Greeks understood the mysterious power of the underside of things. They are the ones who gave us one of the most beautiful words in our language, the word enthusiasm. - Εν Θεος - A God within.

  

  Louis Pasteur
  • God
  • Power
  • Words

• Performance leads to recognition. Recognition brings respect. Respect enhances power. Humility and grace in one's moments of power enhances dignity of an organisation.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
  • Power
  • Respect
  • Moments

• There are some things you can't learn from others. You have to pass through the fire.

  

  Norman Vincent Peale
  • Things
  • Learn
  • Fire

• There's nothing wrong with knowing what you want and going after it.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • Want

• If I could've picked a birthday it would've been on Halloween. Yeah, it's always been my favorite holiday. Not because it was my birthday, but actually because, I think it was the freedom, you know? When you were a little kid, you got to go out and be an adult for a couple of hours. You got to, like, just go out with your friends and knock on peoples' doors and be nuts and pull pranks and stuff like that. You could be whoever you wanted to be, you know, I guess that was the appeal to it.

  

  Frank Iero My Chemical Romance
  • Freedom
  • Holiday
  • Favorite

• I have no reason to suppose that he, who would take away my Liberty, would not when he had me in his Power, take away everything else.

  

  John Locke Nazareth
  • Power
  • Liberty
  • Suppose