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Power Quotes


"Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it."


"The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses."


"A lot of the work in United States is highly critical of technology. I'm using 15,000 watts of power and 18 different pieces of electronic equipment to say that."


"All his court were cast down in slumber, and all the fires faded and were quenched; but the Silmarils in the crown on Morgoth's head blazed forth suddenly with a radiance of white flame; and the burden of that crown and of the jewels bowed down his head, as though the world were set upon it, laden with a weight of care, of fear, and of desire, that even the will of Morgoth could not support. Then LAothien catching up her winged robe sprang into the air, and her voice came dropping down like rain into pools, profound and dark. She cast her cloak before his eyes, and set upon him a dream, dark as the outer Void where once he walked alone."


"I am bitterly opposed to my country entering the war, but if, notwithstanding my opposition, we do enter it, all of my energy and all of my power will be behind our flag in carrying it on to victory."


"The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power."


"It is impossible for any number which is a power greater than the second to be written as a sum of two like powers. I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain."


"Well we are hoping that the power of the community of free nations is such that our sovereignty our rights are not going to be challenged by anybody who's going try to undermine the freedom, the openness of our societies and our security."


"Yes, I am white now,' said Gandalf. 'Indeed I am Saruman, one might almost say, Saruman as he should have been."



"If they are really persuaded that the army is annually established by me, that I have the sole disposal of posts and honours, that I employ this power in the destruction of liberty and the diminution of commerce, let me awaken them from their delusion."


"Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power."


"He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. That's where he's getting his power from. He's young and has great elasticity."


"There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women."


"I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half."


"Not my power, but the power of the position, a power which could be used to help."


"American power worldwide is at its historic zenith."


"The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions."


"There's a lot of power in executing data - generating data and executing data."



"The plane is simply abstracting the power stored in the wave by a distant gale, and using it to counteract gravity. And if the work be continued long enough, or a multitude of planes be continually drawing on the reservoir of power, the wave must inevitably be flattened."


"Nuclear power is here to stay, and we need to support a strong domestic uranium industry."


"Conditions are ripe for triumph. We will win. And we will wield great power here."


"Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment."


"Coal companies have a lot of power in the media, and unfortunately a lot of information doesn't get out."


"One of the workshop participants had shown me a single 8 X 10 photograph of a power plant where he actually was the general manager of this power cooperative. It was quite magical to me."
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