Quotes about Power, page 5

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about power

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about power

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about power

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about power

I approved the Maastricht treaty because it contained a major advance: the Euro. Despite its current shortcomings (it remains too strong) it can be a means of stability and power in the world.

Quote by Laurent Fabius about power

People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.

Quote by Jackie Collins about power

In Europe, it appears that in the name of democracy, elites are pursuing an autocratic, centralized power, seeking economic control and social regimentation.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about power

The European Union, which is not directly responsible to voters, provides an irresistible opportunity for European elites to seize power in order to impose their own vision on a newly socially regimented Europe.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about power

When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about power

Everyone wants to be sexually attractive and have people tell them that they've tapped into their sexual power.

Quote by John Galliano about power

The price of imported oil in the US doubled between summer 2003 and summer 2005, reducing consumers' purchasing power by more than 1 per cent of gross domestic product.

Quote by Martin Feldstein about power

I don't feel particularly comfortable about actors using whatever power they may have to push their beliefs, unless they're extremely well informed.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about power

No matter what you say or do, it always comes down to that. The power of sex has brought many people down to their knees.

Quote by Linda Fiorentino about power

I can imagine the ego inviting power, respect, all those sorts of things. I'm not hugely ambitious in those directions.

Quote by Colin Firth about power

But among them now were a large number of Communists in positions of great power within the new union movement, some of them actually moving close to the center of power. This was the crack in the wall through which they entered. Their power was...

Quote by John Thomas Flynn about power

Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.

Quote by William Godwin about power

We seem to be a long way off from the kind of Fascism which we behold in Italy today, but we are not so far from the kind of Fascism which Mussolini preached in Italy before he assumed power, and we are slowly approaching the conditions which made...

Quote by John Thomas Flynn about power

We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity.

Quote by William Godwin about power

It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.

Quote by Whoopi Goldberg about power

There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he can take the money from one class and give it to...

Quote by Henry Ford about power