Power quotes

“The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses.” John Stuart Mill

“The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power.” John Stuart Mill

“And in my own life, in my own small way, I've tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. That's why I left a job at a law firm for a career in public service, working to empower young people to volunteer in their communities. Because I believe that each of us - no matter what our age or background or walk of life - each of us has something to contribute to the life of this nation.” Michelle Obama

“You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.” Joel Osteen

“Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war, anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons the war in Iraq will not end anytime soon.” Ron Paul

“Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.” Blaise Pascal

“Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.” Blaise Pascal

“Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.” Blaise Pascal

“Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit.” Chuck Palahniuk

“You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nation. But what they were able to do, especially in Philadelphia in 1787, four months, they argued about what a House should be, what a Senate should be, the power of the president, the Congress, the Supreme Court. And they had to deal with slavery.” Colin Powell

“The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power.” Colin Powell

“All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.” Thomas Paine

“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” Thomas Paine

“The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.” Thomas Paine

“Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets.” Nido Qubein

“Christianity is not the faith of the complacent, the comfortable or of the timid. It demands and creates heroic souls like Wesley, Wilberforce, Bonhoeffer, John Paul the Second, and Billy Graham. Each showed, in their own way, the relentless and powerful influence of the message of Jesus Christ.” Mitt Romney

“Now workers should have the right to join unions. But unions should not be forced upon workers. And unions should not have the power to take money our of their members' paychecks to buy the support of politicians that are favored by the union bosses.” Mitt Romney

“I will insist on a military so powerful no one would ever think of challenging it.” Mitt Romney

“Since Castro took power, the Cuban people have been denied basic human freedoms. No freedom of religion, no freedom of the press, no political freedom. And the regime uses brutality and violence to suppress these freedoms and impose its will.” Mitt Romney

“The principles that made this nation a great and powerful leader of the world, have not lost their meaning. They never will. We know we can bring this country back. I'm Mitt Romney. I believe in America. And I'm running for president of the United States.” Mitt Romney

“I don't want to transform America. I want to restore to America the economic values of freedom and opportunity and limited government that has made us the powerhouse of the world.” Mitt Romney

“Our nation is too different, too diverse to say that what works in Massachusetts is somehow going to be grabbed by the federal government, usurping the power of states and imposing a one-size-fits-all plan on the nation. That will not work.” Mitt Romney

“The strength and power and goodness of America has always been based on the strength and power and goodness of our communities, our families, our faiths. That is the bedrock of what makes America, America. In our best days, we can feel the vibrancy of America's communities, large and small.” Mitt Romney

“Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.” Ronald Reagan

“All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.” Ronald Reagan

“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.” Ayn Rand

“Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.” Ayn Rand

“Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.” Ayn Rand

“To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power.” Ayn Rand

“God... a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive.” Ayn Rand