Famous Quotes

"There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come."

Everett Dirksen 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 Everett Dirksen

• "A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money."

• "I have said, with respect to authorization bills, that I do not want the Congress or the country to commit fiscal suicide on the installment plan."

• "When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there."