Besides all this, if you are idle, and take to bad courses, you will hurt those of your brethren who are slaves, and do all in your power to prevent their being free. – Jupiter Hammon
Power confuses itself with virtue and tends also to take itself for omnipotence. – J. William Fulbright
One thing that we’ve invested a lot of in, that we all live by, is the power of the commissioner. – Jerry Jones
The right solemnly proclaimed at the birth of the States, and which has been affirmed and reaffirmed in the bills of rights of the States subsequently admitted into the Union of 1789, undeniably recognizes in the people the power to resume the authority delegated for the purposes of Government. – Jefferson Davis
We can approach God’s throne with boldness because we are confident in the power of what Jesus accomplished for us at the cross. – Joyce Meyer
People want to be special. I think ambition can take in a whole package of things, power or sexual excitement. – James Wolcott
There is no limit to the potential of brethren working together in complete brotherhood and selflessness toward spiritual goals. The power of God working through such channels will bring unimaginable blessings to all concerned. – Joseph B. Wirthlin
This I have observed: There are no language barriers in the Church. There is a mighty power that transcends the power of messages conveyed by words alone, and this is the power of messages communicated by the Spirit to our hearts. – Joseph B. Wirthlin
We’re the Fascist States of America today, not the United States of America, because the corporations are in power. – Jesse Ventura
Rumors sound of galleries asking artists for upsized art and more of it. I’ve heard of photographers asked to print larger to increase the wall power and salability of their work. Everything winds up set to maximum in order to feed the beast. – Jerry Saltz
The federal government is often said in militia circles to have made wholesale seizures of power, at times by subterfuge. A leading grievance holds that the 16th Amendment, which authorizes the federal income tax, was ratified through fraud. – Barton Gellman
Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president’s power was constrained by a duty of candor to the American people. – James Bovard
Blackheart Records being 25 years old represents staying power and the fact that we weren’t able to get a record out through conventional means, so we had to create this record company to put out our records if we wanted to be a band that had records to give out to their fans. – Joan Jett
Grown-ups and children are not readily encouraged to unearth the power of words. Adults are repeatedly assured a picture is worth a thousand of them, while the playground response to almost any verbal taunt is ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.’ I don’t beg so much as command to differ. – Inga Muscio
Hollywood does draw some very strange characters, and then the power of Hollywood and what they can do with it becomes like a blood sport to them. – Alec Baldwin
I’m a ‘Power of Now’ kind of guy, always have been. I don’t really hang on to a lot of pictures. I have pictures of my daughters. – Art Alexakis
Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions. – C. Wright Mills
No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law. – James F. Cooper
And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high. – Ayrton Senna
Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting. – Aldous Huxley
I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation. – Jim DeMint
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. – Aristotle
Feminism isn’t simply about being a woman in a position of power. It’s battling systemic inequities; it’s a social justice movement that believes sexism, racism and classism exist and interconnect, and that they should be consistently challenged. – Jessica Valenti
As a young man, you’re dazzled by the power of the White House and all that. But power tends to corrupt. – Antonin Scalia
