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“Where the Government is weak, military sway prevails.”

Government Politics Power Military Weak

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“Heresy is what the minority believe; it is the name given by the powerful to the doctrines of the weak.”

Believe Religion Names Given Powerful Power Weak Independence Doctrine Minorities Heresy

Book:Heretics and Heresies: From 'The Gods and Other Lectures'

Source: Heretics and Heresies: From 'The Gods and Other Lectures'

“This is the power of the powerful to define, to structure, to say, 'This is the way the world works.' It's enormous power. Among the powers of the weak, I think the first one is the power not to believe the powerful.”

Thinking World Way Firsts Believe Powerful Power Weak Structure Enormous Working It

Author:Elizabeth Janeway

“A weak mind is the only defect out of our power to mend.”

Mind Power Weak Stupidity Defects Weak Minds

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

Source: Meditations

“Power always sincerely, conscientiously, de très bon foi, believes itself right. Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views, beyond the comprehension of the weak.”

Thinking Believe Soul I Believe Views Power Weak Sincerely Comprehension Great Power Great Souls

Book:The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams. 1812-1826

Source: The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams. 1812-1826

“It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.”

Evil Literature Power Promise Weak Glitter Good Against Evil

Book:The Passionate State of Mind

Source: The Passionate State of Mind

“The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.”

Sin Power Creatures Weak Errors Miserable Sinner Vedanta

Book:The Complete Works of the Swami Vivekananda, Comprising All His Lectures, Addresses and Discourses Delivered in Europe, America and India: All His Writings in Prose and Poetry, Together with Translations of Those Written in Bengali and Sanskrit; Reports of His Interviews and His Replies to the Various Addresses of Welcome; His Sayings and Epistles,--private and Public--original and Translated; with an Index; Carefully Revised & Edited

Source: The Complete Works of the Swami Vivekananda, Comprising All His Lectures, Addresses and Discourses Delivered in Europe, America and India: All His Writings in Prose and Poetry, Together with Translations of Those Written in Bengali and Sanskrit; Reports of His Interviews and His Replies to the Various Addresses of Welcome; His Sayings and Epistles,--private and Public--original and Translated; with an Index; Carefully Revised & Edited

“You gain power by pretending to be weak.”

Power Gains Weak Pretending Choke

Book:Choke: A Novel

Source: Choke: A Novel

“It has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many. Hatred, malice, rudeness, intolerance, and suspicion are the faults of weakness. The resentment of the weak does not spring from any injustice done to them but from their sense of inadequacy and impotence. We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression.”

“Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?”

People Government Strong Existence Liberty Power Weak

Book:Lincoln on Democracy

Source: Lincoln on Democracy

“The worst thing that can be said of the most powerful is that they can take your life; but the same can be said of the most weak.”

Said Powerful Power Worst Weak Most Powerful Worst Things

Book:Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

“The black fist is a meaningless symbol. When you open it, you have nothing but fingers - weak, empty fingers. The only time the black fist has significance is when there's money inside. There's where the power lies.”

Lying Sports Black Power Empty Weak Fingers Athlete Symbols Significance Meaningless Fists Only Time

Author:Jesse Owens

“It is a very high goal which, with our weak powers, we can reach only very inadequately, but which gives a sure foundation to our aspirations and valuations.”

Giving Goal Power Weak Foundation Aspiration Valuation High Goals

Book:Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words

Source: Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words

“It would be some time before I fully realized that the United States sees little need for diplomacy; power is enough. Only the weak rely on diplomacy. The Roman Empire had no need for diplomacy. Nor does the United States.”

Needs Littles Doe War States Enough Would Be America Political Realizing United Power United States Politician Weak Usa Rely Empires Diplomacy Roman Empire

Author:Boutros Boutros-Ghali

“The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.”

Thinking Political Strong Power Weapons Weakness Weak Management Errors

Author:Georges Bidault

“If you would be a better teacher, teach by the spirit. That is the thing that gives strength and power, meaning and life, to our otherwise weak efforts... remember, you cannot give away that which you do not possess. Study the life of the master. You do not have to have a college degree to be an efficient teacher. But you do have to become acquainted with the life and teachings of the master to be an effective teacher in the church.”

“What the poor, the weak, and the inarticulate desperately require is power, organization, and a sense of identity and purpose, not rarefied advice of political scientists.”

Political Purpose Poor Power Advice Identity Weak Organization Scientist Glitter Inarticulate

Author:Paul Wellstone

“The weak and insipid white wine makes at length excellent vinegar.”

White Power Weak Wine Excellent Length Vinegar Insipid White Wine

Book:Essays on men and manners; with aphorisms, criticisms, impromptus, fragments, etc

Source: Essays on men and manners; with aphorisms, criticisms, impromptus, fragments, etc

“I have yet to encounter that common myth of weak men, an insurmountable barrier.”

Men Common Power Weak Myth Encounters Barriers Insurmountable Weak Man

Book:The Choir Invisible

Source: The Choir Invisible

“Strength has no meaning unless it is used in the service of the weak. One stick may be snapped but the bundle is the community, and the community will never break.”

Community Power Strength Weak

Book:The Court of the Air

Source: The Court of the Air