War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. – George Washington
Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power. – Benito Mussolini
The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure. – George Washington
The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination. – Robert Frost
Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. – George Bernard Shaw
We have it in our power to begin the world over again. – Thomas Paine
Come forward as servants of Islam, organise the people economically, socially, educationally and politically and I am sure that you will be a power that will be accepted by everybody. – Muhammad Ali Jinnah
All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State. – Albert Camus
The measure of a man is what he does with power. – Plato
Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it. – John Henrik Clarke
Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants. – Barack Obama
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. – Robert A. Heinlein
He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power. – Plato
Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation – not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago. – Barack Obama
What then do you call your soul? What idea have you of it? You cannot of yourselves, without revelation, admit the existence within you of anything but a power unknown to you of feeling and thinking. – Voltaire
Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life. – Marcus Aurelius
The earth is supported by the power of truth it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow indeed all things rest upon truth. – Chanakya
To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking. – Agnes de Mille
Liberal: a power worshipper without power. – George Orwell
