- Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive.
- Roland Barthes on Power
- Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.
- Laurence Sterne on Power
- Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
- Baltasar Gracian on Power
- Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt on Power
- Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!
- David O. McKay on Power
- Let's hope brands recognize that the true power of this technology is not its reach but its ability to communicate substance that adds meaning to our lives. Otherwise, brands will be investing in technology that consumers simply won't buy.
- Simon Mainwaring on Power
- Liberal Democrats are inexorably opposed to tax cuts, because tax cuts give people more power, and take away from the role of government.
- Rush Limbaugh on Power
- Liberal: a power worshipper without power.
- George Orwell on Power
- Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero on Power
- Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.
- Woodrow Wilson on Power
- Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.
- Lord Acton on Power
- Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
- James Madison on Power
- Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.
- John Adams on Power
- Life is suffering. Life is not resistance to suffering. The point of life is to suffer. This is why we're here: We're here to suffer. I believe in a higher power that compassionately allows suffering for us as a race, to grow and mature.
- Rainn Wilson on Power
- Life is the power that's greater than I can ever comprehend. The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature - that makes me humble.
- Michael J. Fox on Power
- Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
- Look, we know we screwed up when we were in the majority. We fell in love with power. We spent way too much money - especially on earmarks. There was too much corruption when we ran this place. We were guilty. And that's why we lost.
- Eric Cantor on Power
- Love him or hate him, Trump is a man who is certain about what he wants and sets out to get it, no holds barred. Women find his power almost as much of a turn-on as his money.
- Donald Trump on Power
- Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.
- Theodor Adorno on Power
- Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.
- Morihei Ueshiba on Power
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