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“When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.”

Mean States Powerful Power Atheism

Author:Walter Jon Williams

“I have now taken a serious task upon myself and I fear a greater one that is in the power of any man to perform in the given time-but it is too late to go back.”

Men Given Power Taken Greater Serious Late Tasks Too Late

Author:Eli Whitney

“Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.”

Made Problem Decision Power Problem Solving Session Battleground

Book:Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Large Print 16pt)

Source: Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Large Print 16pt)

“The circulating medium being issued only by those who labor, they would suddenly become invested with all the wealth and all the power; and those who did not labor, be they ever so rich now, would as suddenly become poor and powerless.”

Wealth Poor Power Rich Labor Mediums Powerless

Author:Josiah Warren

“What they will try to do is get symbolic victories. Symbolism is important to them. They have little else. But they will strike, I believe, at centers of media, of financial, of American power, of American culture; and that is where we should place our bet.”

Should Trying Believe Littles Important Culture I Believe Power Media Victory Financial Strikes American Culture Symbolic Symbolism American Power

Author:James T. Walsh

“Martin Luther King Jr. really understood the role of the churches when he said, 'The church is not meant to be the master of the state.' We don't sort of take power and grab the levers of government and impose our agenda down people's throats.”

People Said States Government Church Roles Power Masters Kings Understood Agendas Meant To Be Throat Luther Levers

Author:Jim Wallis

“When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be a community design. I designed Perl, myself. It's limited by my own brain power. So I wanted Perl 6 to be a community design.”

Said Wanted Community My Own Brain Power Design Development Perl Brain Power

Author:Larry Wall

“One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different people are sensitive to different kinds of power structures.”

People Kind Ideas Different Power Structure Posts Sensitive Rejection Different Kinds Arbitrary Different Peoples Modernism Post Modernism

Author:Larry Wall

“Whether fuel cell system development in central Oregon, wind power generation along the Columbia Gorge, or geothermal energy in southern Oregon, investing in new energy sources makes America more energy independent while creating good paying, environmentally friendly jobs.”

“Since 2000, we've seen base power rates rise by 50%.”

Author:Greg Walden

“Immortality... Is that a super power?”

Power Immortality Super Power

Author:Mark Wahlberg

“All the power to them but I'm not interested in making yet another show that looks like some other show.”

Looks Shows Power Not Interested

Author:Jhonen Vasquez

“The story of Jesus is very fascinating. It still has such a tremendous power, even after 2,000 years! We don't really know if he existed as a historical figure.”

Ifs Knows Years Stills Stories Jesus Power Figures Historical Fascinating Historical Figure

Author:Bjorn Ulvaeus

“It is idle to waste time and discuss whether it was within our power and duty to see whether we could prepare a Bill better than the Remedial Bill.”

Power Duty Waste Bills Wasting Time Idle Idleness

Author:Charles Tupper

“Almost everything I tried out for I pretty much got. I landed Power Rangers, and the rest is history.”

Power Rangers Power Rangers

Author:Thuy Trang

“To us Americans much has been given; of us much is required. With all our faults and mistakes, it is our strength in support of the freedom our forefathers loved which has saved mankind from subjection to totalitarian power.”

Has Beens America Given Mistake Power Support Mankind Faults Saved Forefathers Subjection

Book:The Test of Freedom

Source: The Test of Freedom

“Politicians have limited power. They can't impose morality on themselves. How can they impose it on the country?”

Country Power Politician Morality

Author:Cal Thomas

“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.”

Use Happens Motivational Responsibility Power Philosophical Stoic Greek Philosopher

Author:Epictetus

“The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.”

Men Two Opinion Power Wise Philosophical Patience

Author:Epictetus

“It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.”

Men Power Confidence Praying Self Confidence Folly Chakra Greek Philosopher Epicureanism

Book:Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill

Source: Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill

“Those who are socially inclined will find a new power to help humanity through the lessons of books written by noble and gifted people.”

People Book Helping Humanity Power Written Lessons Noble Gifted

Author:Paramahansa Yogananda

“People are dangerous. If they're able to involve themselves in issues that matter, they may change the distribution of power, to the detriment of those who are rich and privileged.”

People Ifs May Matter Able Power Issues Rich Dangerous Privileged Distribution Distribution Of Power

Book:Propaganda and the Public Mind: Conversations with Noam Chomsky

Source: Propaganda and the Public Mind: Conversations with Noam Chomsky

“[C]ensorship in any form is the opening wedge for fascism, since it places arbitrary and unwarranted power in the hands of individuals.”

Hands Form Individual Freedom Power Opening Fascism Arbitrary Wedges

Author:Jack Parsons

“The hero is the world-man, in whose heart One passion stands for all, the most indulged.”

Men World Heart Passion Power Hero

Book:Festus: a poem

Source: Festus: a poem

“One reason (among many) that women may well take over the world of "virtual enterprises" is that they seem to have a greater instinct for networking. And the unfettered-by-machismo males who have taken to networking will do better than those who shun it as "sissy stuff." But truth is, it has always been the age of "networkers"; and in an era where organizations depend more and more on tenuously connected outsiders to get the job done, it will only become so.”

Source: The Pursuit of Wow!: Every Person's Guide to Topsy-Turvy Times

“Cultivate these, then, for they are wholly within your power: sincerity and dignity; industriousness; and sobriety. Avoid grumbling, be frugal, considerate, and frank; be temperate in manner and speech; carry yourself with authority.”

Power Speech Authority Dignity Sincerity Frank Sobriety Considerate Frugal Grumbling

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“You can be invincible, if you enter into no contest in which it is not in your power to conquer.”

Ifs Power Conquer Contests Invincible

Book:Enchiridion

Source: Enchiridion

“For power can guarantee the interests of some men but it can never foster the good of man. Power always protects the good of some at the expense of all the others. Only love can attain and preserve the good of all. Any claim to build the security of all on force is a manifest imposture.”

Men Force Interest Power Security Protect Claims Preserves Guarantees Expenses Manifest Only Love

Book:The Nonviolent Alternative

Source: The Nonviolent Alternative

“I think all negotiations should take place at a round table and everybody should have to rotate counterclockwise once an hour so that even the perception of head of the table, or foot, are ritually obliterated.”

Thinking Should Hours Power Feet Perception Should Have Tables Rounds Negotiation

Book:I Wish I Had a Red Dress: A Novel

Source: I Wish I Had a Red Dress: A Novel

“We Indians do not teach that there is only one god. We know that everything has power, including the most inanimate, inconsequential things. Stones have power. A blade of grass has power. Trees and clouds and all our relatives in the insect and animal world have power. We believe we must respect that power by acknowledging it's presence. By honoring the power of the spirits in that way, it becomes our power as well. It protects us.”

Knows World Way Believe Wells Spirit Animal Teach Power Tree Protect Stones Including Clouds Grass Insects Blades Animal World Inconsequential Blades Of Grass

Author:Russell Means

“This is an exercise in power - the power of mind over matter. If you don't mind being inadequate, it doesn't matter.”

Ifs Mind Matter Power Exercise Inadequate Power Of The Mind

Book:Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door

Source: Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door

“I'm an all powerful amazon warrior, not just some sniveling girl.”

Girl Powerful Power Warrior Girl Power Amazon

Author:Ani DiFranco

“You were born to achieve, to release your inner power, to fulfill your uniqueness.”

Inspirational Born Power Achieve Achievement Meaningful Release Fulfillment Meaning Of Life Inner Strength Uniqueness Predestination Inner Power Powerful Inspirational

Author:Eric Butterworth

“Playing with appearances and mastering the arts of deception are among the aesthetic pleasures of life. They are also key components in the acquisition of power.”

Art Pleasure Power Keys Appearance Deception Aesthetic Components Acquisition Pleasures Of Life

Book:The 48 Laws Of Power

Source: The 48 Laws Of Power

“A power is passing from the earth.”

Earth Power Passing Passings

Author:William Wordsworth

“Thou hast not half that power to do me harm As I have to be hurt.”

Hurt Half Power Harm

Author:William Shakespeare

“Everything possessed the power to transform itself, or else, and what meant more, to be transformed.”

Life Growth Power Birth Transformed Possessed Rebirth

Book:The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play

Source: The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play

“Power dressing is combat gear for the trip to the top.”

Power Combat Dressings Gears

Author:Valerie Steele

“Daughter of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and tort'ring hour The bad affright, afflict the best!”

Humans Hours Power Daughter Rings Breasts Iron Gray Relentless Scourge Torts

Book:The poems, with critical notes; a life of the author; and an essay on his poetry; by the Rev. John Mitford

Source: The poems, with critical notes; a life of the author; and an essay on his poetry; by the Rev. John Mitford

“The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes.”

Powerful Power Higher Doctors Ignorant Reputation Soar Reckless

Book:Praise of Folly

Source: Praise of Folly

“COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power.”

Power Compulsion Eloquence

Book:The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

“PLENIPOTENTIARY, adj. Having full power. A Minister Plenipotentiary is a diplomatist possessing absolute authority on condition that he never exert it.”

Power Conditions Authority Absolutes Ministers Possessing

Book:The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“MINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomacy, an officer sent into a foreign country as the visible embodiment of his sovereign's hostility.”

Country Responsibility Power Higher Agents Ministers Visible Officers Sovereign Diplomacy Hostility Embodiment Higher Power Foreign Countries

Book:The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

“But games always cover something deep and intense, else there would be no excitement in them, no pleasure, no power to stir us.”

Would Be Games Pleasure Power Intense Excitement

Author:Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“The culminating point of administration is to know well how much power, great or small, we ought to use in all circumstances.”

Knows Wells Use Power Ought Circumstances Administration

Author:Baron de Montesquieu

“In my opinion turkey is the most over-rated critter for eating purposes in kingdom come but the most striking example we have of the power of propaganda.”

Purpose Opinion Power Example Eating Kingdoms Propaganda Turkeys Kingdom Come Critters

Book:Short Takes: Readers' Choice of the Best Columns of America's Favorite Newspaperman, Damon Runyon

Source: Short Takes: Readers' Choice of the Best Columns of America's Favorite Newspaperman, Damon Runyon

“For as wealth is power, so all power will infallibly draw wealth to itself by some means or other; and when men are left no way of ascertaining their profits but by their means of obtaining them, those means will be increased to infinity.”

Mean Politics Wealth Power Draws

Author:Edmund Burke

“You shall not pile, with servile toil, Your monuments upon my breast, Nor yet within the common soil Lay down the wreck of power to rest, Where man can boast that he has trod On him that was "the scourge of God."”

Men Common Power Lays Soil Breasts Toil Boast Monument Wrecks Scourge

Author:Edward Everett Hale

“He who has nothing to assert has no style and can have none: he who has something to assert will go as far in power of style as its momentousness and his conviction will carry him”

Power Style Conviction

Book:The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion

Source: The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion

“It is a maxim that man and wife should never have it in their power to hang one another.”

Men Should Power Wife Maxims

Book:Comedy of the Beaux Stratagem with the Biography of the Author and a Critique by Richard Cumberland

Source: Comedy of the Beaux Stratagem with the Biography of the Author and a Critique by Richard Cumberland