"Words derive their power from the original word." - Meister EckhartTweet
"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 UeshibaTweet
"The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws." - Ayn RandTweet
"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment." - Mahatma GandhiTweet
"Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny." - Huey NewtonTweet
"If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured." - StendhalTweet
"It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong." - Wendell WillkieTweet
"There will always be vain, obsessive people who want to own rare and extraordinary things whatever the cost there will always be people for whom owning beautiful, dangerous animals brings a sense of power and magic." - Susan OrleanTweet
"The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever." - James A. BaldwinTweet
"You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nation. But what they were able to do, especially in Philadelphia in 1787, four months, they argued about what a House should be, what a Senate should be, the power of the president, the Congress, the Supreme Court. And they had to deal with slavery." - Colin PowellTweet