“True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.”
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“Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom.”
“To us Americans much has been given of us much is required. With all our faults and mistakes, it is our strength in support of the freedom our forefathers loved which has saved mankind from subjection to totalitarian power.”
“The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.”
“Scientists will eventually stop flailing around with solar power and focus their efforts on harnessing the only truly unlimited source of energy on the planet: stupidity. I predict that in the future, scientists will learn how to convert stupidity into clean fuel.”
“The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.”
“The attack on ObamaCare was that Congress does not have the power under the Commerce Clause to force a private citizen into a private contractual relationship. If such a thing is permitted to stand, the anti-ObamaCare forces argue, there will be no limit to Congress's power in the future.”
“The White House isn't the place to learn how to deal with international crisis, the balance of power, war and peace, and the economic future of the next generation.”
“For it pleased God, after he had made all things by the word of his power, to create man after his own image.”
“Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.”
“Everyone can relate to love, hurt, pain, learning how to forgive, needing to get over, needing the power of God in their life.”
“I've always believed in God. I also think that's the sort of thing that either comes as part of the equipment, the capacity to believe, or at some point in your life, when you're in a position where you actually need help from a power greater than yourself, you simply make an agreement.”
“All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”
“Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.”
“I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.”
“Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.”
“Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.”
“Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over people and circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.”
“You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.”
“Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions.”
“The people are the government, administering it by their agents they are the government, the sovereign power.”
“Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power.”
“There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.”
“Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds.”