Quotessence
Home / Topics / Real Power Quotes

Real Power Quotes

Browse 119 quotes about Real Power.

Related topics

PeopleThinkingGivingIfsKnowsMenMindWorld

Real Power Quotes

“It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.”

WarRealHomeFreedomLossLibertyDangerUniversalLibertarianPatrioticAnti WarAntiwarProvisionFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyPeace WarLimited GovernmentPolitical PowerDemocracies HaveGreat WarForefathersFederalistLimiting GovernmentFederalist PapersReal PowerLimited FreedomUniversal TruthGreat LibertarianLimiting FreedomAgainst WarTyranny Founding Fathers
Book:James Madison's
Create image

“The neo-conservatives, who are closely linked to the neo-corporatists, are rather different. They claim to be conservatives, when everything they stand for is a rejection of conservatism. They claim to present an alternate social model, when they are little more than the courtiers of the corporatist movement. Their agitation is filled with the bitterness and cynicism typical of courtiers who scramble for crumbs at the banquet tables of real power, but are always denied a proper chair.”

LittlesDifferentRealSocialMovementModelsClaimsTablesFilledRejectionChairsBitternessDeniedCynicismTypicalLinkedConservatismAgitationBanquetsCrumbsReal PowerCourtiers
Author:John Ralston Saul
Create image

“I used many times to touch my own chest and feel, under its asthmatic quiver, the engine of the heart and lungs and blood and feel amazed at what I sensed was the enormity of the power I possessed. Not magical power, but real power. The power simply to go on, the power to endure, that is power enough, but I felt I had also the power to create, to add, to delight, to amaze and to transform.”

FeelsHeartRealEnoughUsedFeltMy OwnBloodGoes OnAddEndureDelightChestsEnginesPossessedAmazedLungsReal PowerQuiver
Author:Stephen Fry
Create image

“Genuine love is rarely an emotional space where needs are instantly gratified. To know love we have to invest time and commitment...'dreaming that love will save us, solve all our problems or provide a steady state of bliss or security only keeps us stuck in wishful fantasy, undermining the real power of the love -- which is to transform us.' Many people want love to function like a drug, giving them an immediate and sustained high. They want to do nothing, just passively receive the good feeling.”

PeopleKnowsWantNeedsGivingRealStatesFeelingsProblemDreamSpaceLove IsFantasySecurityEmotionalDrugCommitmentFunctionSolveStuckGenuineBlissInsightfulSteadyGood FeelingUnderminingReal PowerGenuine Love
Author:Bell Hooks
Create image

“The real power in America is held by a fast-emerging new Oligarchy of pimps and preachers who see no need for Democracy or fairness or even trees, except maybe the ones in their own yards, and they don't mind admitting it.”

NeedsMindRealAmericaDemocracyTreePreacherFairnessYardsEmergingAdmittingOligarchyReal PowerPimp
Book:Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F
Create image

“Skepsis. I am a true skeptic, born under the noble sign of skepsis, the sign of the man who knows that all astrology is absolutely and without reservation the bullest of bullsh*t that ever there was. It is a senseless delusion that does not even have the benefit of being harmless fun. It is a harmful bore. Harmful to the human spirit, harmful to the dignity and wonder of the real universe and the real power of the mind to think for itself. I hate astrology with a fervor that is almost frightening. - Stephen Fry (when asked what sign he would be if he could create his own zodiac)”

IfsThinkingKnowsMenMindHumansDoeRealWould BeSpiritHateUniverseFunBornWonderBenefitsDignityI HateNobleDelusionFrighteningBoresHuman SpiritAstrologySkepticReservationsPower Of The MindReal PowerFervorZodiac
Author:Stephen Fry
Create image

“If humanity has any hope of effecting real change for the better, it will not come from the Madison Avenue false reality makers who've cast Barack Obama as the savior of the world. To alter our course from tyranny to liberty, to defeat the corrupt elite, we must get past the puppets and confront the real power structure of the planet.”

IfsWorldRealRealityPastHumanityCoursesChangeLeadershipLibertyPowerPlanetsStructureDefeatCastsTyrannyBarackMakersSaviorElitesAvenuesPuppetsMadisonChange For The BetterReal PowerReal ChangeMadison AvenueFalse Reality
Author:Alex Jones
Create image

“Life, in a body whose order and state of affairs can make it manifest, is assuredly, as I have said, a real power that gives rise to numerous phenomena. This power has, however, neither goal nor intention. It can do only what it does; it is only a set of acting causes, not a particular being. I was the first to establish this truth at a time when life was still thought to be a principle, an archeia, a being of some sort.”

LifeGivingFirstsDoeSaidStillsRealStatesBodyScienceOrderCausesGoalCan DoActingPrinciplesParticularIntentionAffairManifestReal Power
Author:Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Create image

“... what is really inspiriting and ennobling in the doctrine of freewill, is the conviction that we have real power over the formation of our own character; that our will, by influencing some of our circumstances, can modify our future habits or capabilities of willing.”

RealCharacterInfluenceWillingHabitCircumstancesConvictionDoctrineFree WillOur FutureCapabilityFormationReal Power
Book:Autobiography John Stuart Mill: Top Biography
Create image

“I met many Russians over the years who were convinced my brothers and I were a cabal, pulling strings behind the scenes to shape American policy. The Soviets had no conception of how a pluralistic democracy works and believed elected officials, up to and including the president of the United States, were only figureheads acting out the roles dictated to them by the real "powers that be" - in this case, my family.”

YearsRealStatesPresidentUnitedActingBehindsRolesCasesPowerUnited StatesDemocracyPolicyBrotherMetsSceneShapesMy FamilyIncludingConvincedMy BrotherOfficialsStringsConceptionPullingBehind The ScenesReal PowerElected OfficialsActing OutCabal
Book:Memoirs
Create image

“Zoe Saldana is such an angel. She’s got such an openness and vulnerability on camera and yet such great strength. She can kick ass with the best of them, but then she can soften and open up in a way that is magnetizing whether you’re watching her on set or on screen – she’s got a real power to her. I love her; we’ve known each other for years and it’s great to come back to that kind of familiarity, especially when you’re working with such intimacy.”

WayYearsKindRealKnownAngelCamerasScreensAssIntimacyVulnerabilityKicksOpennessFamiliarityReal PowerKick Ass
Author:Zachary Quinto
Create image

“Wrangel pretended to combat the Bolsheviks, Bolshevism is Jewry. In order to retain the favor of the Jews holding the real power in England, France and the United States, Wrangel showed to the Jews signs of his submission to them. Thereafter the Russian masses abandoned Wrangel as a traitor or as a comedian. It is impossible simultaneously to be an auxiliary of the Jew and an enemy of the Bolsheviki who are Jews. Be it incoherence or treason, Wrangel deserved the same fate as Denikin and he got it.”

RealStatesOrderUnitedEnemyUnited StatesFateImpossibleMassEnglandJewFavorsFranceComedianCombatAbandonedSubmissionTraitorTreasonReal PowerBolsheviksBolshevismIncoherence
Author:Boris Brasol
Create image

“Hillary does nothing without careful calculation. She knows that politicians - provided they have real power - who bash entire industries tend to raise huge dollars from individuals in those industries. Certain types of politicians are drawn to this marketing technique because they think the 'bashing' also can be held up as proof that they are not being corrupted. This scheme is called 'putting the squeeze on.' Does that phrase remind you of anything?”

ThinkingKnowsDoeRealPoliticalCertainIndividualHugeTypeIndustryPoliticianRaisesDollarsMarketingCarefulProofTechniquePhrasesSchemesCalculationsReal PowerBash
Author:Donald Luskin
Create image

“If you are committed to creating value and if you aren't afraid of hard times; obstacles become utterly unimportant. A nuisance perhaps; but with no real power. The world respects creation; people will get out of your way. - Candice Carpenter Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that's the one that is going to require the most from you.”

PeopleIfsWorldWayRealHardValuesChoicesCreationCreatingCommittedObstaclesHard TimesScareUnimportantCarpenterNuisanceReal PowerBusiness WomanCreating Value
Author:Caroline Myss
Create image

“We live in a culture bound by sin like bands of iron. Moral stories, quaint maxims, and life lessons shared from the heart of a beloved pulpiteer or spiritual life coach have no real power against such darkness. We need preachers of the gospel of Jesus Christ who know the Scriptures, and by God's grace face any culture with the cry, 'Thus saith the Lord!'”

KnowsNeedsHeartRealStoriesFacesSpiritualCultureJesusChristSinMoralLordDarknessGraceCryLessonsBandJesus ChristBoundsCoachesScriptureBelovedIronLife LessonSpiritual LifePreacherMaximsGod's GraceLife CoachReal PowerQuaint
Author:Paul Washer
Create image

“The real power of this book comes from its documentation from major sources. In fact, you will quickly discover that most of my documents about Jewish Supremacism are from Jewish sources. They argue more convincingly for my point of view than anything I could write. I encourage you to go to the sources that I quote and check them out for yourself. In this book I take you along with me on a fascinating journey of discovery in a forbidden subject. I urge you to courageously keep an open mind while you explore the topics ahead, for that is the only way any of us can find the truth.”

WayWritingMindBookRealFactsViewsJourneySubjectsSourceMajorsDiscoveryPoint Of ViewArguingChecksFascinatingUrgesDocumentsTopicsForbiddenOpen MindReal PowerDocumentationKeep An Open Mind
Author:David Duke
Create image

“The pure Christian State is a State in which theological law prevails. This law attains to real power or, to be more exact, absolute power, when through its results which are identical with those of opium, it puts all parts of humanity to sleep. If some occasionally awake they carry out crimes that horrify humanity which has not yet become Christian in the full sense of the word or has already abandoned the Christian framework.”

IfsRealStatesChristianLawHumanitySleepResultsCrimePureAbsolutesAwakeAbandonedFrameworkIdenticalTheologicalOpiumReal PowerAbsolute Power
Author:Bruno Bauer
Create image