A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power.

Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long even if it is the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one and the great charm of all power is modesty.

To free us from the expectations of others to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great singular power of self-respect.

I don't have a set of tenets but I live an ethical life. I practice a humility that presupposes there's a power greater than myself. And I always believe don't inflict harm where it's not necessary.

There are two kinds of women those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed.

Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong wrong will generally be done.

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.

True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.

Except our own thoughts there is nothing absolutely in our power.

There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

In every community there is work to be done. In every nation there are wounds to heal. In every heart there is the power to do it.

I don't think I've ever been an agnostic. I've always thought there's a superior power that this is not the real world and that there's a world to come.

The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.

There will be no end to the troubles of states or of humanity itself till philosophers become kings in this world or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich because there are more of them and the will of the majority is supreme.

The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.