Famous Quotes

"Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world."

Abraham Lincoln on Power

More quotes about Power

• "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

  Abraham Lincoln on Power

• "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."

  Margaret Thatcher on Power

• "Knowledge will give you power, but character respect."

  Bruce Lee on Power

• "All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Power

• "Character is power."

  Booker T. Washington on Power

More quotes by Abraham Lincoln

• "The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person."

• "I do the very best I know how - the very best I can and I mean to keep on doing so until the end."

• "The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time."

• "The things I want to know are in books my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read."

• "My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth."