Top 1200 Corrupt Power Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

If women had power, what would men be but women who can't bear children? And what would women be but men who can?" "Hah!" went Tenar; and presently, with some cunning, she said, "Haven't there been queens? Weren't they women of power?" "A queen's only a she-king," said Ged. She snorted. "I mean, men give her power. They let her use their power. But it isn't hers, is it? It isn't because she's a woman that she's powerful, but despite it.

And because it may be too great a temptation to human frailty, apt to grasp at power, for the same persons, who have the power of making laws, to have also in their hands the power to execute them, whereby they may exempt themselves from obedience to the laws they make, and suit the law, both in its making, and execution, to their own private advantage.

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

We have said it loud and clear: Regardless of whether it involves someone from our party or any other party, whoever it is, the Cicies will have to act against a corrupt person.

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

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

We must soften into a credulity below the milkiness of infancy to think all men virtuous. We must be tainted with a malignity truly diabolical, to believe all the world to be equally wicked and corrupt.

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

When you go to a power place, if you are receptive, if you are able to quiet your thoughts and concentrate, a lot of that power can enter into you.

Great is the power of steady misrepresentation; but the history of science shows that fortunately this power does not long endure.

Glamour, that trans-human aura or power to attract imitation, is a kind of vessel into which dreams are poured, and some vessels are simply worthier than others... A beautiful woman can turn heads but real glamour has a deeper pull... Glamour is the power to rearrange people's emotions, which, in effect, is the power to control one's environment.

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

The founding fathers never once rationalized getting in power and having control so they could stay in power.

'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.

America must always be the world's paramount military power. But we can magnify our power through alliances.

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

I never had, or wished for, power over you. That isn't true, of course. I wanted the greatest power of all. but not advantage, or authority.

Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to power is to choose to limit oneself - to serve.

Every relationship is fundamentally a power struggle, and the individual in power is whoever likes the other person less.

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

Sports have the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sports can create hope, where there was once only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers. It laughs in the face of all types of discrimination. Sports is the game of lovers.

The thing to keep in mind is that laws are framed by those who happen to be in power and for the purpose of keeping them in power.

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

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

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

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

Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men. The fundamental threat to freedom is power to coerce, be it in the hands of a monarch, a dictator, an oligarchy, or a momentary majority. The preservation of freedom requires the elimination of such concentration of power to the fullest possible extent and the dispersal and distribution of whatever power cannot be eliminated — a system of checks and balances.

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

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

It is always from the depths of its impotence that each power center draws its power, hence their extreme maliciousness, and vanity

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

The Magnitsky law has proven to be a powerful tool. While asset freezes and travel bans against corrupt officials may sound incidental, they have shaken the Putin kleptocracy right down to the core.

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

Now, a big part of Donald Trump's campaign strategy has been to try and undermine the legitimacy of the election. Then, if he loses, he can just dismiss the whole thing as corrupt and claim victory anyway.

Give me priests who are fat and corrupt and cynical,(...) the sort who like to sit on soft satin cushions, nibble sweetmeats, and diddle little boys. It's the ones who believe in gods who make the trouble. (Tyrion)

It may come as a surprise to some academics, but there is a marked relationship between economic power and political power.

Therefore, if the earthly power errs, it shall be judged by the spiritual power ... but if the supreme spiritual power errs it can be judged only by God, and not by man ... Therefore we declare, state, define and pronounce that it is altogether necessary to salvation for every human creature to be subject to the Roman pontiff.

Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power -- power sufficient to interfere with property.

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.

The qualities that get a man into power are not those that lead him, once established, to use power wisely.

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

There is power in seeing a face that looks like yours do something, be someone. There is power in moving from the sidelines to the center.

Many programs are built on the government's spending power, and the existence of an extraconstitutional limit on that power is a worrisome development.

The most fundamental form of integrative power is the power of love.

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

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

Hero­ism breaks its heart, and ide­al­ism its back, on the intran­si­gence of the cred­u­lous and the mediocre, manip­u­lated by the cyn­i­cal and the corrupt.

It is very difficult to get legislation passed. But then the danger always is that you have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

We have to recognize that the freedom of the individual has to be protected not only from the power of the state, but even more so from economic and societal power.

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

Man is born to seek power, yet his actual condition makes him a slave to the power of others.

Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.

The tempter or the tempted, who sins most? Ha! Not she: nor doth she tempt: but it is I That, lying by the violet in the sun, Do as the carrion does, not as the flower, Corrupt with virtuous season.

He asks how the evil is to be remedied. I tell him that there seems to be little chance for avoiding the extremes of despotism or anarchy; that the only ground of hope must be the morals of the people, but that these are, I fear, too corrupt.

My every thought has the power either to wound or heal. I will use my thoughts wisely and respect their power.

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

What I really love is my scotch. It's the power, the power of positive drinking.

Sex IS power. Identity is power. In western culture, there are no nonexploitative relationships. Everyone has killed in order to live.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

The power of home run hitters in the majors is different from those here. It's probably difficult for me to match that power now.