Over the last half century the television interview has given us some of TV's most heart-stopping and memorable moments. On the surface it is a simple format - two people sitting across from one another having a conversation. But underneath it is often a power struggle - a battle for the psychological advantage. David Frost
Given the daunting challenges that we face, it's important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one. Valerie Jarrett
The functions of these elders, therefore, determine the power of the people for a representative is one chosen by others to do in their name what they are entitled to do in their own persons or rather to exercise the powers which radically inhere in those for whom they act. Charles Hodge
No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. Jacob Bronowski
Not drunk is he who from the floor - Can rise alone and still drink more But drunk is They, who prostrate lies, Without the power to drink or rise. Thomas Love Peacock
The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy. Paul Wellstone
Black power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it. Stokely Carmichael
If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States. Henry A. Wallace
Your real self - the 'I am I' - is master of this land, the ruler of this empire. You rightfully have power and dominion over it, all its inhabitants, and all contained in its realm. Robert Collier
Our dreams are firsthand creations, rather than residues of waking life. We have the capacity for infinite creativity at least while dreaming, we partake of the power of the Spirit, the infinite Godhead that creates the cosmos. Jackie Gleason
'Thank you power' is writing down the moments that are good in your life so that you can go back and reflect on them - so you've got this sort of repository of good stuff in your past. Deborah Norville
Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture. Muhammad Iqbal
Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies. Don DeLillo
The message that I gave on the - on the steps today was that you need to stand for those things that are right and empower the individual. Believe in the power of one person. Don't believe that you can't do it. Everybody wants - everybody wants a shot. That we can all agree on. Beyond that, it becomes politics. I'm not talking politics. Glenn Beck
O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else! Samuel Richardson
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins. William Pitt
In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn't delineate between legal and illegal. Rick Warren
Give fools their gold, and knaves their power let fortune's bubbles rise and fall who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all. John Greenleaf Whittier
There is a glaring reason that the necessary total ban on nontherapeutic use of antibiotics hasn't happened: The factory farm industry, allied with the pharmaceutical industry, has more power than public-health professionals. Jonathan Safran Foer