Power Quotes
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The Bolsheviks did not seize power; they picked it up.
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When we say that prayer puts God to work, it is simply to say that man has it in his power by prayer to move God to work in His own way among men, in which way He would not work if prayer was not made.
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Every man must take time daily for quiet and meditation. In daily meditation lies the secret of power.
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America has no real idea of the extent to which it abuses its authority and power.
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Well, I have an interest in power. I have an interest in people who find themselves in the position to exercise absolute power.
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Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a Divine Center, a speaking Voice. . . . Life from the Center is a life of unhurried peace and power. It is simple. It is serene. It is amazing. It is radiant.
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Socialists must be in favor of an aristocratic form of government. We must have the best men for the job . . . In the dictator you must have a man who has not only the power to govern but the force of character to impose himself as dictator whether you like him or not.
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I'm still not sure what is meant by good fortune and success. I know fame and power are for the birds. But then life suddenly comes into focus for me. And, ah, there stand my kids.
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The games I'm playing have much more to do with using the language of power and the vocabulary of power to construct new sentences. It's about pointing to empire and control and domination and misogyny and all those social ills in the work, but it's not necessarily taking a position. Oftentimes, it's actually embodying it.
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I have run across characters in my political career that have that singular focus of being someone, being in a position of power.
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Power is the ability to take one's place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one's part matter.
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Never underestimate the power of a simple tool.
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Power never takes two weeks off. Power takes long weekends.
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The love of power and the love of liberty are in eternal antagonism.
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The moment we recognize God as supreme in power and infinitely good and loving toward all His intelligent creatures, that moment we admit the doctrine of universal and special providence.
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Imagine how a Teddy Kennedy or a Bill Clinton would take the news that one woman in ten, say, has the power to resist his blandishments by deadly force, and you'll get a perfect idea of how a Charles Schumer or a George Bush feels about armed taxpayers.
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For me, coming from the women's movement, politics is not just about parties and parliament. There is politics in our private space and in gender relations as well. Wherever there's power, there's politics.
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In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.
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Mubarak came to power as a hero who fought bravely in Egypt's wars and headed the nation's air force.
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It is with great pleasure that I see the political system of almost every power in Europe changing in our favor since the news of our late successes.
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Don't talk about it. The rose doesn't have to propagate its perfume. It just gives it forth, and people are drawn to it. Live it, and people will come to see the source of your power.
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It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control.
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We run to place and power over the dead bodies of those who fail and fall; ay, we win the food we eat from out the mouths of starving babes.
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For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood: I only speak right on; I tell you that which you yourselves do know.
