Power Quotes

"I was always dreaming about very powerful people—dictators and things like that. I was just always impressed by people who could be remembered for hundreds of years, or even like Jesus, being remembered for thousands of years." "To rule is easy, to govern difficult" "Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power" "What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse" "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful " "It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable " "The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum." "For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit." "You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption." "The power to do good is also the power to do harm" "Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it" "The more confined a system is, the less powerful it is to transform itself" "The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the mineral rights" "A country is considered the more civilized the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak or a powerful one too powerful" "Command is lonely." "Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand" "I met an old lady once, almost a hundred years old, and she told me, There are only two questions that human beings have ever fought over, all through history. How much do you love me? And Who's in charge? " "When we pray for the Spirit's help, we will simply fall down at the Lord's feet in our weakness. There we will find the victory and power that comes from His love." "I can't control you" "Ideas are, in truth, forces infinite too for good or evil"