Quotes with power-worship

Quotes 321 till 340 of 1019.

  • Arthur Henderson In almost every country there are elements of opinion which would welcome such a conclusion because they wish to return to the politics of the balance of power, unrestricted and unregulated armaments, international anarchy, and preparation for war.
    Arthur Henderson
    British Labour politician
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  • R. H. Hutton In an age of unscrupulous and shameless book-making, it is a duty to give notice of the rubbish that cumbers the ground. There is no credit, no real power required for this task. It is the work of an intellectual scavenger, and far from being specially honorable.
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson In each of us, two natures are at war – the good and the evil. All our lives the fight goes on between them, and one of them must conquer. But in our own hands lies the power to choose – what we want most to be we are.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • Marianne Williamson 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.
    Marianne Williamson
    American writer (1952 - )
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  • Jane Austen In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided among the sexes.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Andy Hertzfeld In fact when I first got my Apple II the first thing I did was turn it on and off, on and off, just because I had the power to do so, which I'd never had on a computer before.
    Andy Hertzfeld
    American software engineer and innovator (1953 - )
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  • Carroll Quigley In its final stages the civilization becomes a dualism of almost totalitarian imperial power and an amorphous mass culture of atomized individuals.
    Oscar Iden Lecture Series, Lecture 3: The State of Individuals (1976)
    Carroll Quigley
    American historian and theorist (1910 - 1977)
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  • Michel Foucault In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.
    Michel Foucault
    French essayist and philosopher (1926 - 1984)
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  • Walter Lippmann In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion, it is not sufficient that the party in power should have a majority. It is just as necessary that the party in power should never outrage the minority.
    Walter Lippmann
    American writer, reporter, and political commentator (1889 - 1974)
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  • Ben Shapiro In many cases, Obama's exercise of authoritarian power is criminal. His executive branch is responsible for violations of the Arms Export Control Act in shipping weapons to Syria, the Espionage Act in Libya, and IRS law with regard to the targeting of conservative groups.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • A. J. P. Taylor In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.
    A. J. P. Taylor
    British historian (1906 - 1990)
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  • Carlo Rubbia In order to be vigorously continued, nuclear power must be profoundly modified.
    Carlo Rubbia
    Italian physicist and inventor (1934 - )
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  • Gloria Steinem In order to make a choice, you need the power to see there is one.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Jose Manuel Barroso In the age of globalization pooled sovereignty means more power, not less.
    Jose Manuel Barroso's State of the European Union Speech (2012)
    Jose Manuel Barroso
    Portuguese politician (1956 - )
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  • Alexander Hamilton In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
    Alexander Hamilton
    American statesman (1757 - 1804)
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  • Alexander Hamilton In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support (salary) is a power over his will.
    Alexander Hamilton
    American statesman (1757 - 1804)
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  • Abigail Adams In the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If perticular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebelion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.
    Letter to John Adams, 31 March 1776
    Abigail Adams
    Wife of John Adams (1744 - 1818)
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  • John F. Kennedy In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of the tiger ended up inside.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Jean Baudrillard In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising power, we need scholars to spare us the abjection of learning.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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  • Camille Paglia In the theory of gender I began from zero. There is no masculine power or privilege I did not covet. But slowly, step by step, decade by decade, I was forced to acknowledge that even a woman of abnormal will cannot escape her hormonal identity.
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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