But America was founded on the principle that every person has God-given rights. That power belongs to the people. That government exists to protect our rights and serve our interests.That we shouldn't be trapped in the circumstances of our birth. That we should be free to go as far as our talents and work can take us. Marco Rubio on power
It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. David Brin on power
Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within. Ralph Cudworth on power
If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive. Eleonora Duse on power
No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart. Friedrich Schiller on power
The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled the more I gain. Susan B. Anthony on power
I am not unconscious of the persuasive power exerted by these considerations to drag men along in the current but I am not at liberty to travel that road. Benjamin F. Wade on power
Without education, we are weaker economically. Without economic power, we are weaker in terms of national security. No great military power has ever remained so without great economic power. Jon Meacham on power
Also, as I lay there thinking of my vision, I could see it all again and feel the meaning with a part of me like a strange power glowing in my body but when the part of me that talks would try to make words for the meaning, it would be like fog and get away from me. Black Elk on power
All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. Charles A. Beard on power
When leaders take back power, when they act as heroes and saviors, they end up exhausted, overwhelmed, and deeply stressed. Margaret J. Wheatley on power
If you walk down the street and smile at someone, that will get passed on to the next person. That has the power to change someone's day. Julianna Margulies on power
The American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power over public opinion in fewer and fewer hands. Spiro T. Agnew on power
Men have defined the parameters of every subject. All feminist arguments, however radical in intent or consequence, are with or against assertions or premises implicit in the male system, which is made credible or authentic by the power of men to name. Andrea Dworkin on power
Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though both sciences yield technologies with a vast power to manipulate the subject matters. Pope Paul VI on power
Sometimes power is all a person has, so they will protect it even unto their own destruction, for without power they have nothing. Bryant H. McGill on power
Jewelry and pins have been worn throughout history as symbols of power, sending messages. Interestingly enough, it was mostly men who wore the jewelry in various times, and obviously crowns were part of signals that were being sent throughout history by people of rank. Madeleine Albright on power
He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them. Charles Kingsley on power
Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power. J. G. Holland on power
Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world. Henry Adams on power