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“If you conceptualize leadership as power over people, Ubuntu doesn’t have a place in that conceptualization. If you conceptualize leadership as power with people, it completely changes the way you operate, even as a leader.”
Mpho Tutu van Furth (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It talks to raising girl children in our era and the system put in place to suppress their power ... my daughter is one such queen. Train them young to own their power responsibly”
Ayanda Borotho (born 1981) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ayanda Borotho talks about failure and how she deals with it,17 April 2023,by Joy Mphande
“I believe that public service is what elected officials are supposed to be about. I know that not everybody sees it that way, some people see it as power, but power is supposed to be about allowing you to share, allowing you to serve others.”
Jannie Blackwell (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Society is demanding greater rights for women, while there are some men in positions of power who have a problem sharing this political power with women”
Bassima Hakkaoui (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Odours have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions or will. The persuasive power of an odour cannot be fended off, it enters into us like breath into our lungs, it fills us up, imbues us totally.”
Patrick Süskind (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is a desire for normalization, for a return to an old system of power, one on which the mafia has taken root and built its power. This is what alarms us. These are the facts we denounce. (October 5, 1989)”
Massimo D'Alema (born 1949) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Peter Gomez and Marco Travaglio, Se li conosci li eviti, Chiarelettere, Milano, 2008.
“For my part I look upon the House of Commons, as the supream Power of England, who have residing in them that power that is inherent in the people, who yet are not to act according to their own wils and pleasure, but according to the fundamentall constitutions, and customes of the Land, which I conceive provides for the safety and preservation of the people.”
John Lilburne (1614–1657) first seen 1645 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Copy of a Letter, from Lieutenant Colonell John Lilburne, to a Friend (1645), p. 14
“We may then easily obtain the power of calling out the members of any Religious Society established in this country when the necessities of the Diocese require it. The power is invested in the Bishops of Ireland because it is a mission country. The same reason applies much more forcibly in this country.”
Michael Francis Egan (1761–1814) said by 1814 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: History of Rt. Rev. Michael Egan, D.D. (1893)
“Discounting the value of rights, the handicapitalists hold that in order for disabled people to be tolerated by our capitalist society, rights must be subsumed to the profit motive. Under this philosophy, social success will be ours when disabled persons gain status as consumers with enough buying power to command it. But where does the buying power reside; who really controls it and who benefits?”
Marta Russell (1951–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What we need in this country is quality education. When you have quality education, you have power and when you have power, every other thing submerges.”
Afe Babalola (born 1929) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The point is to reveal organized Jewry as a world power entrenched in every country of the White man’s world, operating freely across every nation’s frontiers, and engaged in a ruthless war for the destruction of them all. The point is to uncover the animus that must be expected to drive and to direct every lever of Jewish power, whether it be propaganda or, greatest of them all, its money system.”
William Gayley Simpson (1892–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There was that power all round, that power and that goodness, which make us come, as it were, outside our bodily selves, to share them. Over and beside us breathes the joy of hope and promise; under foot are troubles past; in the distance bowering newness tempts us ever forward. We quicken with largesse of life, and spring with vivid mystery.”
R. D. Blackmore (1825–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We understand that not only having a seat but creating the seats is w here the power is, and the power is what changes the world.”
Miss Diddy wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The incompetence of men in power is causing too much damage. We must no longer apologize for existing. We are more talented and more competent, and we demand power.”
Lilli Gruber (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Who, in your view, should have the power to draw the line between a “lie” and “free speech”? Government officials that want to stay in political power or the people that can hold them accountable ?”
Brendan Carr (born 1979) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 5 September 2024 tweet
“archetype Tristan can totally rock, those arms in the air peak moments at a blinding gig! He blasts into the painting in a flaming comet, a Ganesha shaped chariot, & is also held within in the feminine head of Sophia, creatrix of the universe. When we align with this power we have the power to create our lives. Ever feel like that on a dance floor?”
Emma Watkinson (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“While my power as president ends in 1992, my responsibility as a Filipino for the well-being of my country goes beyond it to my grave. A great part of that responsibility is to do the best I can today, according to my best lights, while I have the power to do it.”
Corazon Aquino (1933–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2022/07/28/2198403/cory-aquinos-last-sona-ii
“The power of the state to impose restraints and burdens upon persons and property in conservation and promotion of the public health, good order, and prosperity is a power originally and always belonging to the states, not surrendered to them by the general government, nor directly restrained by the constitution of the United States, and essentially exclusive.”
Melville Fuller (1833–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sligh v. James Kirkwood, 237 U.S. 52 (1915)
“It is important for us all to work together to unleash the collective power of women everywhere so we can live better lives and at the same time make the world a better place. Ife on the collective power of women to impact society positively”
Ife Durosinmi-Etti wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The art of walking is at once suggestive of the dignity of man. Progressive motion alone implies power, but in almost every other instance it seems a power gained at the expense of self-possession.”
Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1813–1871) said by 1871 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There comes a time in every authoritarian playbook... a tipping point. You accumulate so much power that you realize that if you ever lose... your opponent... can use that very power against you. So you hold on to it with everything you have.”
Elissa Slotkin (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To our s. You can... exercise your political power to call out Trump's dangerous use of our military. ...Don't ever underestimate the power of your voice in how impactful it can be when you speak up. ...DM me. We're getting the band back together.”
Elissa Slotkin (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We’re fast and furious with these technologies that are at a scale and power that’s beyond our current moral capacities, I think right now we have a really great mismatch between the power of our tools and our wisdom to use them well.”
Batya Friedman (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have developed a healthy suspicion of power. We want dispersal of power, dispersal of participation, and dispersal of development and human resources.”
Raul Roco (1941–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“many African countries do not have reliable and affordable electricity, and there is only one operational nuclear power plant on the entire continent. I strongly believe that the development of more nuclear power generation facilities on the African continent will powerfully support development while at the same time contribute to the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.”
Gabi Schneider (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“An important characteristic of plains is their power to facilitate every phase of historical movement; that of mountains is their power to retard, arrest, or deflect it. Man, as part of the mobile envelope of the earth, like air and water feels always the pull of gravity.”
Ellen Churchill Semple (1863–1932) said by 1932 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A big thank you to the Miss SA Organisation for this incredible platform that you’ve created for us young women to grow, lead and fully face our power. There is no other space that embraces the power of women in all their diversity and that also empowers them to give back tenfold. I am honoured to continue to do what I love in partnership with the organisation, which is to serve my country”
Ndavi Nokeri (born 1999) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you're abducted for speaking truth to power, if you're in prison for speaking truth to power, it's hard, but if you're waking up and you're living a life, a shell of a life that is limited in opportunity and possibility, that is also hard.”
Namatai Kwekweza (born 1999) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Zimbabwean activist wins German Africa Prize 14 November, 2025
“The new generation capacity will be provided by Independent Power Producers (IPPs) selling power to BPC and it is expected that 300MW of coal-based new generation would be on the grid by the end of 2026 while 235MW of solar PV generation will be commissioned between 2024 and 2026.”
Lefoko Maxwell Moagi wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was in the cabinet yes and our role as members of the cabinet is to advise the president but the president has executive power. The president has so much power.”
Kabo Morwaeng first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Morwaeng dismisses claimsformer cabinet failed Masisi, Mmegi(5 March 2025)
“Let me correct the misplaced idea and belief carried by the honourable member. My Ministry has more money than anybody to generate adequate power and water. Therefore the question to reserve the ESP money particularly for the current power and water shortages does not arise.”
Kitso Mokaila wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was development planning minister and Mr Mochoboroane came to my office with his then principal secretary to inform about the need for a solar project to increase local power generation since Lesotho was importing a huge chunk of its power (from South Africa and Mozambique)”
Francis Mokoto Hloaele (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Defeat goes deeper into the human soul than victory. To be in someone else’s power is a conscious experience which induces doubts about the ordering of the universe, while those who have power can forget it, or can assume that it is part of the natural order of things and invent or adopt ideas which justify their possession of it.”
Albert Hourani (1915–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The importance of the creation of the zero mark can never be exaggerated. This giving to airy nothing, not merely a local habitation and a name, a picture, a symbol but helpful power, is the characteristic of the Hindu race from whence it sprang. It is like coining the Nirvana into dynamos. No single mathematical creation has been more potent for the general on-go of intelligence and power.’”
G. B. Halsted (1853–1922) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: G.B. Halsted, On the Foundation and Technique of Arithmetic, p. 20, Chicago, 1912, quoted in History of Hindu Mathematics, B. Datta and A.N. Singh, 1935.
“The more temporal power is separated from spiritual power, the more correct the relationship between the two is.”
Umberto Galimberti (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I can choose to disregard the hurt because God has given me the grace to do so. Without Him, forgiving and letting go of the hurt is hard. So I rely on God’s power to help me do the things that He wants me to do,” she said. “So now, by God’s power at work through me, I have to forgive regardless if there is an apology or none.”
Isabel Oli (born 1981) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Isabel Oli on conquering hate: I’ve to forgive with or without an apology Lifestyle.Inq, 25 April 2021.
“if you want to talk about “empowering” any group of people, it is because you believe or know that something is taking power away from that group...For me, then, the first question is, what are the factors that stop young people in Guyana today from developing or using their power.”
Andaiye (1942–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For power and place men may intrigue; but in order to have influence they must more or less deserve it. Power may, at certain times, in all countries perhaps, be acquired by favor; but influence is surely the result of public opinion and of general consideration.”
Miles Gerald Keon (1821–1875) first seen 1845 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Jesuits (1845)
“In a very deep sense all human science is but the increment of the power of the eye, and all human art is the increment of the power of the hand.”
John Fiske (philosopher) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Saviour arose into heaven through His own power as Lord and Creator...Mary arose into heaven lifted up by grace, not through her own power. This is why one is called Ascension and the other Assumption.”
Nicholas of Clairvaux (1200–1178) said by 1178 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Feudalism? Sometimes it referred to the power of an all-mighty Emperor to distribute favors; sometimes it referred to peasants who had no land or power; sometimes it referred to a hierarchy of obligations and duties; sometimes it referred to the old thinking where women were subjugated to men.”
Gretchen Dykstra (born 1948) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Echoes from Wuhan: The Past as Prologue, Atmosphere Press, 2022, page 309-310 (ISBN 9781639882151).
“Simulations show that in 1970, if a traditional portfolio followed a stable spending policy, more than 60 percent of the purchasing power of a fund evaporated by the end of the decade... By spending at unsustainably high rates, purchasing power of assets declined dramatically, dropping more than 40 percent during the 1970s.”
David Swensen (1954–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Too much law would obviously be intolerable to scientific pluralist theory. In a vitally important sense, value-free political science is logically committed to the norm of delegation of power because delegation of power is a self-fulfilling mechanism of prediction in modern political science.”
Theodore J. Lowi (1931–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I just got to a point where I took back the power. I stopped giving people the power to influence what I'm wearing and what I'm doing, who I'm going out with, and how I'm talked about.”
Avie Acosta first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lauren Chan and Lindsay Schallon, "Meet 6 People Pushing to Make Fashion Week More Inclusive", Glamour, February 16, 2017.
“I believed in the fire power of Shina Peters on his guitar, and he relied on my vocal power, composition and arrangements.”
Segun Adewale (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What I know are simple truths. I know that the fabric of memory is reinforced by stories, rent by silences. I know that power dreads memory. I know that memory outlasts power's viciousness. I know . . . that a voiceless man is as good as dead.”
Okey Ndibe (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The same Power that brought the slave out of bondage will, in His own good time and way, bring about the emancipation of women, and make her the equal in power and dominion that she was in the beginning. (p309)”
Amelia Bloomer (1818–1894) said by 1894 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The mask is probably a source of power for him. Probably money. It draws a bit from Yoruba movies, because there’s always the Yoruba husband doing something he shouldn’t be doing, sacrificing his children or people to gain power and money. But I didn’t explain what the mask was about, it was just about her, like, what was going on in her mind—that was where the horror story came from.”
Dare Segun Falowo wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In a country where a senator’s monthly salary is a professor’s annual salary, clearly our major crisis is linked to immoral power, power without love and the fear of God”
Osita Ogbu wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Industrial City will feature a well-planned road network with constant and sustainable power supply through independent power solutions; standardised water treatment and reticulation systems; advanced waste management and environmental protection measures.”
Francis Nwifuru (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source