If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves. Howard Zinn on power
The only real power comes out of a long rifle. Joseph Stalin on power
By giving people the power to share, we're making the world more transparent. Mark Zuckerberg on power
What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes. Marcus Tullius Cicero on power
Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement. Peter Drucker on power
Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power. Bertrand Russell on power
Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power. Bertrand Russell on power
Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power. Leonardo da Vinci on power
Well, love is insanity. The ancient Greeks knew that. It is the taking over of a rational and lucid mind by delusion and self-destruction. You lose yourself, you have no power over yourself, you can't even think straight. Marilyn French on power
We cannot turn the clock back nor can we undo the harm caused, but we have the power to determine the future and to ensure that what happened never happens again. Paul Kagame on power
It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning. Salvador Dali on power
There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands. Orison Swett Marden on power
Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age. Bertrand Russell on power
Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery. Bertrand Russell on power
Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny. Huey Newton on power
Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions. Roger Babson on power
Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead. Ambrose Bierce on power
Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats. Thomas Sowell on power
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Lord Acton on power
I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create. Vincent Van Gogh on power