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“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”
Barack Obama (born 1961) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Call to Service in Colorado Springs, CO (2 July 2008)
“As the Holy Koran tells us: "Be conscious of God and speak always the truth." That is what I will try to do today - to speak the truth as best I can, humbled by the task before us, and firm in my belief that the interests we share as human beings are far more powerful than the forces that drive us apart.”
Barack Obama (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I said very early on, as a senator, and continued to believe as a presidential candidate and now as president that we can absorb a terrorist attack. We'll do everything we can to prevent it, but even a 9/11, even the, the biggest attack that ever took place on our soil, we absorbed it and we are stronger. This is a strong, powerful country that we live in and our people are incredibly resilient.”
Barack Obama (born 1961) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: July 2010 interview with Bob Woodward, recounted on World News with Diane Sawyer (27 September 2010)
“It's not enough to trade a prison of powerlessness for the pain of an empty stomach. But history shows that governments of the people and by the people and for the people more powerful in delivering prosperity.”
Barack Obama (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan could negotiate with the Soviet Union, then surely a strong and confident America can negotiate with less powerful adversaries today.”
Barack Obama (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Next week, I will be joining President Hollande and world leaders in Paris for the global climate conference. What a powerful rebuke to the terrorists it will be when the world stands as one and shows that we will not be deterred from building a better future for our children.”
Barack Obama (born 1961) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks by President Obama and President Hollande of France in Joint Press Conference (November 24, 2015)
“Because Selma shows us that America is not the project of any one person. Because the single-most powerful word in our democracy is the word “We.” “We The People.” “We Shall Overcome.” “Yes We Can.” That word is owned by no one. It belongs to everyone.”
Barack Obama (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But I believe that engagement is a more powerful force than isolation, and the changes we are making can help improve the lives of the Cuban people.”
Barack Obama (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But, ultimately, the most powerful antidote to the old ways of doing things is this new generation of African youth. History shows that the nations that do best are the ones that invest in the education of their people. You see, in this information age, jobs can flow anywhere, and they typically will flow to where workers are literate and highly skilled and online.”
Barack Obama (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No one -- no one -- has given more for our freedom and our security than our Gold Star families. ... They represent the very best of our country. They continue to inspire us every day, every moment. They serve as a powerful reminder of the true strength of America. We have to do everything we can for those families, and honor them, and be humbled by them.”
Barack Obama (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Computer scientists have so far worked on developing powerful programming languages that make it possible to solve the technical problems of computation. Little effort has gone toward devising the languages of interaction.”
Donald Norman (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are victims of our own success. We have let technology lead the way, pushing ever faster to newer, faster, and more powerful systems, with nary a moment to rest, contemplate, and to reflect upon why, how, and for whom all this energy has been expended.”
Donald Norman (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have seen something of the project of M. de St. Pierre, for maintaining a perpetual peace in Europe. I am reminded of a device in a cemetery, with the words: Pax perpetua; for the dead do not fight any longer: but the living are of another humor; and the most powerful do not respect tribunals at all.”
Gottfried Leibniz (1646–1716) first seen 1712 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter 11 to Grimarest: Passages Concerning the Abbe de St. Pierre's 'Project for Perpetual Peace (June 1712). Taken from Leibniz: Political Writings (2nd Edition, 1988), Edited by Patrick Riley.
“The pressure of an all-powerful totalitarian state creates an emotional tension in its citizens that determines their acts. When people are divided into "loyalists" and "criminals" a premium is placed on every type of conformist, coward, and hireling; whereas among the "criminals" one finds a singularly high percentage of people who are direct, sincere, and true to themselves.”
Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004) said by 2004 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This world-wide depression is man-made. It is made in the powerful countries by short-sighted people.”
Mahathir Mohamad (born 1925) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What is needed is the full backing of the powerful nations. They must revitalise the Organisation which they had created.”
Mahathir Mohamad (born 1925) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Free trade was expounded by Western economists as the most ideal form of trade until of course the developing countries learnt to export and enter western markets. Now protectionism is the acknowledged method of the developed countries which have also banded together in powerful economic groupings.”
Mahathir Mohamad (born 1925) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The recession is a man-made recession, cooked up in the capitals of some powerful industrialised countries.”
Mahathir Mohamad (born 1925) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you do this, then you will find, as others have found before you, that the vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.”
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe that we must always be mindful of this one thing, whatever the trials and the tests ahead. The ultimate strength of our country and our cause will lie not in powerful weapons or infinite resources or boundless wealth, but will lie in the unity of our people.”
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Can you imagine how terrible it is when you've got everything and you're still desperately lonely? That is awful beyond words. I'm so powerful on stage that I seem to have created a monster. When I'm performing I'm an extrovert, yet inside I'm a completely different man.”
Freddie Mercury (1946–1991) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Rock On Freddie" (1985).
“The US has given the world an example of a democracy in which everyone, including the most powerful, is subject to legal restraint. Its current moment of world supremacy gives it a priceless opportunity to entrench the same principles at the global level.”
Kofi Annan (1938–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The greatest mystery is not that we have been flung at random between the profusion of the earth and the galaxy of the stars, but that in this prison we can fashion images of ourselves sufficiently powerful to deny our nothingness.”
André Malraux (1901–1976) first seen 1952 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Walnut Trees of Altenburg [Les Noyers de l'Altenbourg], tr. A. W. Fielding (London: John Lehmann, 1952) ch. 2, p. 74
“The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random between the profusion of matter and that of the stars; it is that from our very prison we should draw, from our own selves, images powerful enough to deny our own nothingness.”
André Malraux (1901–1976) said by 1976 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Government is not, must not be, a cold, impersonal machine, but a human and more human agency: appealing to the reason, satisfying the heart, full of mercy, assisting the good, resisting the wrong, delivering the weak from any impositions of the powerful. This is not paternalism. It is not a servitude imposed from without, but the freedom of a right to self-direction from within.”
Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) said by 1933 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is nothing that helps the Socialist Party so much as receiving an occasional deathblow. The oftener it is killed the more active, the more energetic, the more powerful it becomes.”
Eugene V. Debs (1855–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“W.E.B. Du Havel: God, I love the "fine morality" of the wealthy and powerful. You'll spill tears over your own, in a heartbeat. And then never even look twice at people below you, whose very lives are ground under every day, day after day, year after year.”
David Weber (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After the first powerful plain manifesto The black statement of pistons, without more fuss But gliding like a queen, she leaves the station.”
Stephen Spender (1909–1995) first seen 1988 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Express" (l. 1–3) in Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry (1988) edited by Richard Ellmann and Robert O’Clair
“It is conceivable that at some point a truly united and powerful European Union could become a global political rival to the United States.”
Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My position is that America is great precisely because it is an open society, and an open society recognizes that nobody is the ultimate arbiter — and that we may be wrong at times, even if we are powerful. We must be open to criticism and respect divergent and different views and interests.”
George Soros (born 1930) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nor do I believe that women are children, incapable of agency or of making moral decisions. If they were, we're back to the 19th century, and women should not own property, have credit cards, have access to higher education, control their own reproduction or vote. There are powerful groups in North America pushing this agenda, but they are not usually considered feminists.”
Margaret Atwood (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm very excited about this wonderful opportunity to take part in the evolution of a company that is integral to the Hispanic community and a powerful force in all areas of the media.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: statement issued regarding appointment to board of directors of Univision Communications, miamiherald.com (June 9, 2007)
“[Cuban coffee is] very powerful, very sweet, and a little dangerous —- just like the people who drink it.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Entertainment Weekly (30 July 1993)
“There's a subterranean impetus towards pornography so powerful that half the business world is juiced by the sort of half sex that one finds in advertisements.”
Norman Mailer (1923–2007) first seen 1961 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Petty Notes on Some Sex in America" first published in Playboy magazine (1961 - 1962)
“The contact of a believer with a nonbeliever must take the form of a dialogue. The all-powerful action of pure sanctity alone is dispensed from it, since it is not bound by any law. But the dialogue will never get underway if it is not first a dialogue with myself.”
Henri de Lubac (1896–1991) said by 1991 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Going to where the silence is. That is the responsibility of a journalist: giving a voice to those who have been forgotten, forsaken, and beaten down by the powerful. It is the best reason I know to carry our pens, cameras, and microphones into our own communities and out to the wider world.”
Amy Goodman (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Social change does not spring forth from the minds of generals or presidents-in fact, change is often blocked by the powerful. Change starts with ordinary people working in their communities. And that's where media should start as well.”
Amy Goodman (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There’s something more powerful than bombs, and that’s your vote. People must vote!”
Robert De Niro (born 1943) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Catherine Shoad, “Robert De Niro: 'Votes are more powerful than bombs'”, The Guardian, (October 26, 2018)
“The trick... is to make sure that each limited mechanical part of the Web, each application, is within itself composed of simple parts that will never get too powerful.”
Tim Berners-Lee (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you're powerful and wise, you seek to bring stability and order and predictability and peace. That's what a father does in his family. That's what a good CEO does in a company. It's what a good general does.”
Tucker Carlson (born 1969) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ep 210 | Tucker Carlson Takes On Critics of His Interview with Putin | The Glenn Beck Podcast" on The Glenn Beck Program, found on DeepCast (21 February 2024)
“I felt as a child that i related more to blue than my own name. I have a very powerful connection with that color. And it's always been extremely important to me. It's weird, I don't understand it myself, but there's certain blues - Jeep Wrangler makes a blue that will make me stop walking on the sidewalk, and just turn and stare at it.”
Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Remorse is impotence, impotence which sins again. Repentance alone is powerful; it ends all.”
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) said by 1850 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Counterpart to the knee-jerk liberal is the new knee-pad conservative, always groveling before the rich and powerful.”
Edward Abbey (1927–1989) said by 1989 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Is there anything more powerful than Google? And our government is in bed with them, as we will show you tomorrow, in unbelievable ways. Unbelievable ways. We have, um, and have had for a while, people inside of Google who have alerted this program to things. There are people inside of Google who are terrified of some of the things that Google is doing and is involved in.”
Glenn Beck (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The fact that political ideologies are tangible realities is not a proof of their vitally necessary character. The bubonic plague was an extraordinarily powerful social reality, but no one would have regarded it as vitally necessary.”
Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have not the slightest doubt that the economic measures and the Socialist measures which one will find in countries of Eastern Europe, will become increasingly powerful against the uncoordinated, planless society in which the West is living at present.”
James Callaghan (1912–2005) first seen 1960 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in the House of Commons (15 December 1960)
“I have learned that love is the most powerful force available to us. When we have real love we have the strength to perform miracles.”
Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And now we get down to two magic words that tell us how to accomplish just about anything we want to accomplish, two powerful words that can change any situation, two dynamic words that all too few people use. And what are these two amazing words? Do it!”
Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge — That myth is more potent than history. I believe that dreams are more powerful than facts — That hope always triumphs over experience — That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.”
Robert Fulghum (born 1937) first seen 1929 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Credo" at his official website; this may be partly influenced by remarks of Albert Einstein in "What Life Means to Einstein: An Interview by George Sylvester Viereck" The Saturday Evening Post (26 October 1929): I am en…
“Under the rule of a repressive whole, liberty can be made into a powerful instrument of domination. The range of choice open to the individual is not the decisive factor in determining the degree of human freedom, but what can be chosen and what is chosen by the individual.”
Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979) said by 1979 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source