Power Quotes

If I had to imagine omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent power in the universe that chose to make my mother suffer, I don't know how I would make that make sense in the universe.

Penn Jillette
- Power
- Mother
- Universe
A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power.

Dean Koontz
- Power
- Goals

If there is one great power, and the great power has taken upon itself the right to preempt and is choosing for itself when and in what circumstances it's going to do that, obviously it leads people in the rest of the world to wonder how far this doctrine extends.

John Lewis Gaddis
- People
- World
- Great
In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want-not only you, your whole family and all people like you.

Ai Weiwei
- People
- Time
- Family
To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.

Frederick Douglass
- Power
- Vision
- Moral
[Never underestimate] the power of dinner.

Julia Roberts
No flocks that range the valley freeTo slaughter I condemn;Taught by that Power that pities me,I learn to pity them:But from the mountain’s grassy sideA guiltless feast I bring;A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied,And water from the spring.

Oliver Goldsmith
- Water
- Spring
- Mountain
Voluntary personal savings accounts would enable future retirees to harness the power of the marketplace when saving for their retirements.

Bill Frist
- Power
- Future