Top 1200 Power Lines Quotes & Sayings - Page 15

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 of light is always bigger than the power of darkness.

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

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

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

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

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

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

To create the power of competence without creating a corresponding direction to guide the use of that power is bad education.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.

Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How much power is there in a thousand noisy engines? I tell you, there is more power in a single blade of grass.

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

Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.

We have all been told that power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. I have long thought this is nonsense.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

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.

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

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

I am interested in power and in the idea of one country exerting power over another. The Soviets took this to an extreme.

Procreative power & priesthood power are shared by husband & wife

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

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

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

Kids really have a lot more power than they think they have. They have the power to change the world. And they should know it.