Top 1200 Arbitrary Power Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy.

In a democracy, the citizens are supposed to have all the power, and the government is supposed to be the means by which the citizens exercise that power. But when you have a surveillance state, the state has all the power, and citizens have very little.

Everyone knows the power of a song and it takes you back to that place. Just that power of words can heal.

If there is a single power the West underestimates, it is the power of collective hatred.

Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.

The real spiritual power is enabling beings to realize the nature of the mind. That's the power of Buddha activity.

All leaders must have some power. Without power, you can't be a leader.

Cynics who say power is all that counts in politics forget that power without ideas is just improvisation.

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

You can have the power to destroy, but it doesn't give you the power to reform, or improve, or build.

Power is what calls the shots, and power is a white male game.

The moment Germany rises as a great power, France gains a new importance as a cultural power.

There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix

Procreative power & priesthood power are shared by husband & wife

The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.

Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.

Simplicity is power. The power to do less of what doesn't matter and more of what does.

What journalism is really about-it's to monitor power and the centres of power.

Taste consists in the power of judging; genius in the power of executing.

God is the ultimate source of all power. All human power is therefore derived, limited, unstable and transient.

Some say knowledge is power, but that is not true. Character is power.

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The truth of art consists in its power to break the monopoly that those in power exercise by defining what is real.

When we experience the power of the Self, there is an absence of fear, there is no compulsion to control, and no struggle for approval or external power.

Pakistan is riddled with problems that are rooted in the disproportionate power of the state. Aid has only boosted that power.

I don't have power or money and one-sided media support or the inclination to stoop to any level for the sake of power.

The one power a man has that cannot be stripped from him is the power to do nothing.

... the Power who gave a power, by its mere existence, signifies that it must be brought out towards perfection.

Black Power alone is no more insurance against social injustice than white power.

We think we have no power when in fact we have more than enough power.

Coercive power is the curse of the universe, coactive power, the enrichment and advancement of every human soul.

The contest of strength is not only a contest of military and economic power, but also a contest of human power and morale. Military and economic power is necessarily wielded by people.

The most enduring sort of power is realizing the power within.

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.

My sense was that most of the elected officials in Washington - in their heart of hearts - really believe that the system can't be too bad because it produced them. And when people in power can stay in power they do very little to tinker with the apparatus that put them in power. We've seen it time after time after time.

Power with God will be the gauge of real power with men.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Power is not anything that's given away. Power is something you have to compete for.

Our problem is not that we don't have power, so much as that we tend to not use the power we have.

No one can hold absolute power for long, controlled power endures.

We are like newborn children, Our power is the power to grow.

It is the power of thought that gives man power over nature.

The church and religion has lost tremendous power and positive power.

Power positions do not yield to arguments, however rationally and morally valid, but only to superior power.

My books are always about someone obtaining a power to replace the previous sort of power that they held.

We are a nation founded on distrust of government power, and questioning that power is essential to promoting transparency and accountability.

The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.

There's just a whole different attitude and vibe when you're not in power as when you're in power.

I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.

Having power and being in a position of power can really blur your judgement, and it's not always that clear.

Nobody gives you power. Real power is something you take.

The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed.

All politics is a struggle for power; the ultimate kind of power is violence.

All power appears only in transition. Permanent power is stuff.

I believe more in the power of drama than in the power of religion.

Words that arise spontaneously out of the state of presence are charged with spiritual power: the power to awaken.

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.

The power of light is always bigger than the power of darkness.

The love of power comes from a lack of the most important power, that of living a life of eternity with every creature.

I know My God commands, whose power no power resists.