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“I conceive the essential relationship between God and the world to be not one of power and violence, as might think the primitive man, who worships physical strength and imagines that it is a superior power shaking the earth with earthquakes or hurling a thunderbolt through space; it is nearness, something which might seem insignificant but which brings spiritual awareness.”
Aldo Capitini (1899–1968) said by 1968 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Libertarians are often baffled at how those who appear so sensitive to constraints on choice, and to differences in bargaining power, when these derive from market factors, become so amazingly oblivious to the constraint on choice, and differential bargaining power, represented by the armed might of the state, empowered to enforce its demands by legalized violence.”
Roderick Long (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The content of a book holds the power of education and it is with this power that we can shape our future and change lives.”
Malala Yousafzai (born 1997) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You could rule the nation—and yet you don’t seem to go after that power.” The mayor frowned. “Power, Mrs. O’Hare? You mean the chance to make laws and compel others to do what you want them to? Why, good heavens, Mrs. O’Hare, who in his right mind would want that?”
Frederik Pohl (1919–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.”
Sholem Asch (1880–1957) first seen 1939 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Nazarene, 1939, p. 3.
“Like Bancroft, MacIntyre had been a man of power, and like all men of power, when he talked of prices worth paying, you could be sure of one thing. Someone else was paying.”
Richard Morgan (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Soviet Union is the only great power whose position has reflected the will and wishes of our people. Therefore the Soviet Union proves to be the only great power that has supported the Congolese people in their struggle from the beginning.”
Patrice Lumumba (1925–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no one force, no group, and no class that is the preserver of liberty. Liberty is preserved by those who are against the existing chief power. Oppositions which do not express genuine social forces are as trivial, in relation to entrenched power, as the old court jesters.”
James Burnham (1905–1987) first seen 1987 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: James Burnham (1987) The Machiavellians, Defenders of Freedom. p. 280
“In Boresko, the government, though imperial, grants the people some power. They collect annually, and, marching to the palace, signify to the emperor their wishes, which he is constrained to respect. To march at the head of such a procession confers power and influence, and those who thus march are called political leaders.”
Alexander Bryan Johnson (1786–1867) said by 1867 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Why was India a world power? Because Sri Krishna had lived in this country, Sri Rama had lived here and so had Lord Buddha. It was their Teaching that made India a great world power.”
Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quoted in Malhotra, R., Nīlakantan, A. (2011). Breaking India: Western interventions in Dravidian and Dalit faultlines
“We only have a superficial knowledge about the true rural India -- the power structure, how to operate in tehsils, what are their true concerns, etc. But we think we can significantly change purchasing power and how we live. That's what motivates us”
Mukesh Ambani (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But this doesn't work without a scheme. If you ask me to build a power plant, I cannot give that power at 3 cents or 4 cents, unless I put up a 2000 MW project. It's the same for an airport, seaport and all the other stuff. You need to spread costs over a sensible size to keep unit costs low.”
Mukesh Ambani (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I play, it is not for the audience. I play for that superior Power in between the audience and me. There are different kinds of people in the audience, and it is difficult for me to satisfy everyone. I perform for "that Power." If He is satisfied and happy, I feel blessed.”
Hariprasad Chaurasia (born 1938) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Flute is an instrument which gives you more power as you play. It's like the breathing exercises in yoga. I'm able to increase my lung power by playing more. But because of travelling I don't get time to practice”
Hariprasad Chaurasia (born 1938) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The craze for power among elected representatives is the deathtrap of democracy. Once they get in to the positions of power, they become gluttons, like the hungry at the dining table.”
D. V. Gundappa (1887–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For some people belligerency and divisiveness are inbuilt qualities and if they come to power, unity becomes a far cry. Belligerent and divisive attitude are but natural in power politics.”
D. V. Gundappa (1887–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Power without the fear of enquiry is like pickles without salt that would degenerate into a pit of worms. The fear of enquiry is the body guard of power administration.”
D. V. Gundappa (1887–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What you need is good management with farmer power. Good management gives this power the right direction and thrust. Nothing can stop the farmers then. Least of all the Multi national Companies|MNCs]].”
Verghese Kurien (1921–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In a sense, both the power grid and communications have suffered from their own respective successes – the electric power grid tends to be taken for granted and communication networks are assumed to work perfectly under almost any condition and for any application...the manner in which they are integrated will have far-reaching consequences.”
Stephen F Bush (born 1950) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bush, Stephen F., Smart Grid: Communication-Enabled Intelligence for the Electric Power Grid, ISBN: 978-1-119-97580-9, 576 pages, March 2014, Wiley-IEEE Press.
“As long as we rule India we are the greatest Power in the world. If we lose it, we shall drop straight away to a third-rate Power.”
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859–1925) first seen 1898 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Arthur Balfour (31 March 1901), quoted in S. Gopal, 'Lord Curzon and Indian Nationalism – 1898–1905', in S. N. Mukherjee (ed.), South Asian Affairs, Number Two: The Movement for National Freedom in India (1966…
“The awful bottom line, of course, is that if you’re going to rule the world, you have to have absolute power, and everybody knows what absolute power does.”
Kage Baker (1952–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From a scientific point of view, the risks from climate change are more serious than from nuclear power. Climate change is hard to control, but nuclear power can be controlled to an extent.”
Stephen Shen (born 1949) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Stephen Shen (2013) cited in "No nuclear power, more carbon: minister" on Taipei Times, 21 March 2013.
“Solon was a sort of Athenian Franklin D. Roosevelt... He was an aristocratic reformer who understood instinctively that the aristocracy's monopoly on power had to be loosened and some power given to the lesser orders if social peace was to be shored up.”
Thomas Cahill (1940–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thought is just not something objective in our heads. Thought is power – real, objective power. Moreover, the thoughts we create have a life of their own. They have a kind of material reality that affects other people for good or ill – hence our responsibility to chose.”
Annie Besant (1847–1933) said by 1933 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...have the power of directing or concentrating nervous energy, raising or depressing it in a remarkable degree, at will, locally or generally. That in this state, we have the power of exciting or depressing the force and frequency of the heart's action, and the state of circulation, or generally, in a surprising degree.”
James Braid (1795–1860) said by 1860 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Underpinning our social policy are those traditions—the diffusion of power, civil obligation, and voluntary service—which are central to Conservative philosophy... The diffusion of power...the key to active and responsible citizenship.”
Douglas Hurd (born 1930) first seen 1988 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Article in the New Statesman (April 1988), quoted in Derek Heater, ‘Citizenship: A Remarkable Case of Sudden Interest’, Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 44, Issue 2 (April 1991), p. 140
“I do not know why everybody says that I am after power. If I were after power, I would have accepted it in 1996 when so many leaders came to my residence asking me to become prime minister.”
V. P. Singh (1931–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As the President of India, I had lots of experiences that were full of pain and helplessness. There were occasions when I could do nothing for people and for the nation. These experiences have pained me a lot. They have depressed me a lot. I have agonised because of the limitations of power. Power and the helplessness surrounding it are a peculiar tragedy, in fact.”
K. R. Narayanan (1920–2005) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In: S. S. Shashi Encyclopaedia Indica: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Volume 100, Anmol Publications, 1996, p. 260
“The warrior uses the power of the brain to be deliberate and the power of the heart to be instinctive.”
John Twelve Hawks (born 2000) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This view of a law and of its validity (we call it the positivistic theory) has rendered jurists and the people alike defenceless against arbitrary, cruel, or criminal laws, however extreme they might be. In the end, the positivistic theory equates law with power; there is law only where there is power.”
Gustav Radbruch (1878–1949) said by 1949 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Power and influence have been the center of—this is not necessarily an argument in favor of keeping it, but power and influence have been the center of the field of the study of politics from the beginning. And what’s more, they are the central elements in all of our lives, our daily lives and our family lives, this interview going on—and they’re enormously complex.”
Robert A. Dahl (1915–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no safe nuclear. Or low slag production. There is a calculation of probabilities, so that every hundred years a nuclear accident is possible: and this evidently increases with the number of power plants. If anything, we can talk about an innovative nuclear power plant.”
Carlo Rubbia (born 1934) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The family was based, not upon actual relationship, but upon power, and the husband acquired over his wife the same despotic power which the father had over his children.”
Henry James Sumner Maine (1822–1888) first seen 1873 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The early history of the property of married women (c. 1873)
“The essence of these tactics is some voluntary but irreversible sacrifice of freedom of choice. They rest on the paradox that the power to constrain an adversary may depend on the power to bind oneself; that, in bargaining, weakness is often strength, freedom may be freedom to capitulate, and to burn bridges behind one may suffice to undo an opponent.”
Thomas Schelling (1921–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The world is now rapidly advancing in light, in knowledge, in power to use the infinite gifts that the Creator has hidden in nature; but hidden only to stimulate and reward our seeking. Every man can help in this grand progress,--if not by research and positive thought-power, at least by grateful acceptance and realization of what is gained. Look forward!”
Elisha Gray (1835–1901) first seen 1900 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Energy and vibration: energy, sound, heat, light, explosives (1900); Fords, Howard & Hulbert, p. 237
“When life is foggy, path is unclear and mind is dull, remember your breath. It has the power to give you the peace. It has the power to resolve the unsolved equations of life.”
Amit Ray (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Those who come to power democratically can only be overthrown with democratic means. Those who come to power with elections can only go with elections. If a government can easily be overthrown with a few tapes and a few rumors, with such threats it means there is no democracy.”
Adnan Oktar (born 1956) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 2 January 2014.
“Good Bosses treat those with more power the same way they treat those with less power.”
John Hoover (consultant) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To the old Union they had said that the Federal power had no authority to interfere with slavery issues in a state. To their new nation they would declare that the state had no power to interfere with a federal protection of slavery. Of all the many testimonials to the fact that slavery, and not states rights, really lay at the heart of their movement, this was the most eloquent of all.”
William C. Davis (historian) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Is the only challenge in the world to be greed and viciousness? Is the only satisfying power the power of the ascent over men, the only dream, ambition? And must the alternative to greed, evil, ambition—be only sluggishness?”
Tanith Lee (1947–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In India, no power plant runs beyond 58 per cent of its capacity. I believe instead of making yet another plant which is really disastrous, what you should do first is to go in for conservation - that is increase your 58 per cent to 90 per cent. Your power problem would be solved right there.”
Maneka Gandhi (born 1956) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Indian power plants, as quoted in "'We have to stop this Amethi-ising of the entire country, says Maneka Gandhi", India Today (15 May 1990)
“What people with disabilities want is to relate. This is something unique. It makes people who are closed up in the head become human. The wonderful thing about people with disabilities is that when someone important comes, they don’t care. They care about the relationship. So they have a healing power, a healing power of love.”
Jean Vanier (1928–2019) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Gift of Living With the Not Gifted Wall Street Journal, April 3, 2015
“Then you have no more wish to rule? The country needs you now more than ever.” She shook her head. “I’ve been crushed under the weight of power all my life. I think I’m going to enjoy missing it.” She laughed at the lightness with which she dismissed royal power. Every moment was a surprise, these days. She hoped that that feeling would never end.”
Karl Schroeder (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But it is not alone the harmony of music which has such a power over the mind. The harmony of colors, every art and science, has the same power. Even the most common craft, and the most prosaic of all prose, the chase after the dollar, may take possession of a man’s soul and prostrate him in adoration before its idol.”
Joseph Dietzgen (1828–1888) said by 1888 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The state gives orders and coerces, religion teaches and persuades. The state prescribes laws, religion commandments. The state has physical power and uses it when necessary; the power of religion is love and benificence. The one abandons the disobedient and expels him; the other receives him in its bosom and seeks to instruct, or at least to console him.”
Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786) said by 1786 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Divine religion ... does not prod men with an iron rod; it guides them with bands of love. It draws no avenging sword, dispenses no temporal goods, assumes no right to any earthly possessions, and claims no external power over the mind. Its weapons are reason and persuasion; its strength is the divine power of truth.”
Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786) said by 1786 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The automatic desire for more power is only apparent in children, primitives, people of low character or intellect; for the superior man, power is like a cross, duty a burden, responsibility an obligation.”
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1909–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The reproduction of labour power thus reveals as its sine qua non not only the reproduction of its ‘skills’ but also the reproduction of its subjection to the ruling ideology. ... It is in the forms and under the forms of ideological subjection that provision is made for the reproduction of the skills of labour power.”
Louis Althusser (1918–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had a hell of a lot of will power! A hell of a will power, you understand? And it was very useful to me.”
Jeanne Calment (1875–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Eva is perfectly content with her academic research,” said Diana. “She just isn’t interested in power. As I say those sentences,” she added, clasping her knees to her chest, “I can tell they’re both wrong. Aren’t they? Of course she’s interested in power.” “She’s a human being,” agreed Iago.”
Adam Roberts (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source