The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. James Madison on power
The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived. James Madison on power
The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power. Nikola Tesla on power
King's response to our crisis can be put in one word: revolution. A revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of our public life and a fundamental transformation of our way of thinking and living that promotes a transfer of power from oligarchs and plutocrats to everyday people and ordinary citizens. Cornel West on power
Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use. Thomas J. Watson on power
The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power. Colin Powell on power
How can you consider flower power outdated? The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated? Robert Plant on power
Knowledge and human power are synonymous. Francis Bacon on power
The essence of Government is power and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. James Madison on power
Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them. Samuel Johnson on power
Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility. Robin Morgan on power
Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force. Irving Berlin on power
God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or infective power, in the environment provided by human culture. Richard Dawkins on power
I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer. Thomas Huxley on power
Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved. Cornelius Nepos on power
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant. John Stuart Mill on power
The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever. James A. Baldwin on power
The love of liberty is the love of others the love of power is the love of ourselves. William Hazlitt on power
Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order. Virginia Woolf on power
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. Samuel Johnson on power