The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.

The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

I not events have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day today and I'm going to be happy in it.

The law has no power over heroes.

The way to have power is to take it.

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

Ironically women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.

There are two ways of attaining an important end force and perseverance the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.

Power and position often make a man trifle with the truth.

I believe in the power of weakness.

Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have.

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

Every crisis offers you extra desired power.

In my opinion most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth prestige and grandeur that went with the power.

The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.

Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other's.

America has a critical role to play as the most powerful member of the world community.

Never go backward. Attempt and do it with all your might. Determination is power.

Prestige is the shadow of money and power.

Sir I am no sycophant or worshipper of power anywhere.

Power ought to serve as a check to power.

The greatest power is not money power but political power.