Power quotes

“Liberal Democrats are inexorably opposed to tax cuts, because tax cuts give people more power, and take away from the role of government.” Rush Limbaugh

“We are born to action; and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the first.” Rush Limbaugh

“This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.” Clive Staples Lewis

“What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.” Clive Staples Lewis

“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.” Groucho Marx

“Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it.” Douglas MacArthur

“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

“Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants.” Barack Obama

“Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.” Barack Obama

“What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on either side. And that's just not what the founders intended.” Barack Obama

“As a nuclear power - as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has a moral responsibility to act.” Barack Obama

“But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no.” Barack Obama

“Of course, there is no question that Libya - and the world - will be better off with Gaddafi out of power. I, along with many other world leaders, have embraced that goal, and will actively pursue it through non-military means. But broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake.” Barack Obama

“Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the existence of an evil, which, oddly enough, is consciousness.” Henry Miller

“Life is 440 horsepower in a 2-cylinder engine.” Henry Miller

“When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.” Henry Miller

“Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.” Horace Mann

“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” James Madison

“I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.” James Madison

“Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.” James Madison

“All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.” James Madison

“Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.” James Madison

“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.” James Madison

“Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.” James Madison

“The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.” James Madison

“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” James Madison

“The power of imagination makes us infinite.” John Muir

“If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.” John Stuart Mill

“The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.” John Stuart Mill

“The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.” John Stuart Mill