Read quote“Acquiescence and docility are not potential traits of Arab publics.”
Topic
Power
Quotes about Power
About Power
Influence, authority, control, and the dynamics between the powerful and powerless.
The collection
Words on Power
Read quote“Among the mechanisms of human agency, none is more central or pervasive than people's beliefs in their efficacy to influence events that affect their lives.”
Read quote“The era of the indigenous major is here.”
Read quote“ब्राह्मणेतर चळवळीत राष्ट्रीय वृत्तीला काही वाव नव्हता; ती सर्वस्वी सरकारची मर्जी राखणारी चळवळ होती.”
Read quote“It’s the duty of the State and the State alone to issue as much currency as the community needs.”
Read quote“He cannot serve today those who make history; he must serve those who are subject to it.”
Read quote“We don't want to take over the power, we want to serve society.”
Read quote“الشر كبير… يعني الإنسان هو صاحب هالأشيا العظيمة، وصاحب التدمير بنفس الوقت.”
Read quote“For the first time in history, the people of a whole nation are being asked whether they shall declare their allegiance to the force of Might or the force of Right.”
Read quote“We do not think anything can be settled by the sword.”
Read quote“I'm not the despot I'm depicted as.”
Read quote“臣闻理乱之始,各有萌象,二者无门,在君上启之而已。”
Read quote“They are already gaining power over us.”
Read quote“I have ruled for many years, yet I never knew what it meant to be noble. Now that I see my son as emperor, I understand nobility.”
Read quote“Certainement qui est en droit de vous rendre absurde est en droit de vous rendre injuste.”
Read quote“Let us then be the little star / Round which the large revolve!”
Read quote“La tirannide non sottentra alla libertá, se non se con una forza effettiva, e talmente preponderante, che col solo continuo minacciare facilmente contiene l’universale.”
Read quote“After I am gone, the throne will be passed on to him.”
Read quote“O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.”
Read quote“Basically we can't forget our power and our worth.”
