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Letter "P" » Power
«The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any»
«The most powerful ties are the ones to the people who gave us birth it hardly seems to matter how many years have passed, how many betrayals there may have been, how much misery in the family: We remain connected, even against our wills.»
«The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.»
«The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction.»
Author: Michael Faraday
(Physicist)
| About:
Power
| Keywords:
exerted, instruction, lecturer, Lecturers
«The motive power of democracy is love»
«The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived»
Author: James Madison
(President)
| About:
Government,
People,
Power
| Keywords:
branches, Branches of, charter, chartered, charters, constitutional, derived, fountain, legitimate
«The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.»
Author: Victor Hugo
(Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Love,
Power
| Keywords:
almost, at times, insupportable, powerful, symptom, tenderness
«The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.»
Author: Ayn Rand
(Novelist, Writer)
| About:
Government,
Law and lawyers,
Power
| Keywords:
breaking, crack, crack down, criminals, criminal law, declares
«The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever.»
Author: James Arthur Baldwin
(Essayist, Novelist, Playwright)
| About:
Power
| Keywords:
black people
«The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Miracles,
Power
| Keywords:
application, determined, elevates, industry, perseverance, prompt, prompting, The Industry, The Miracle
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