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Powerful People Quotes (page 3)

Margaret Thatcher quote: "Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you..."
Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't. Margaret Thatcher
Jackie Collins quote: "People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think..."
People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together. Jackie Collins
Thomas B. Macaulay quote: "People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws..."
People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws. Thomas B. Macaulay
Patti Smith quote: "People have the power to redeem the work of fools."
People have the power to redeem the work of fools. Patti Smith
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quote: "People demand freedom only when they have no power."
People demand freedom only when they have no power. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
People who think my books are autobiographical, which they're not, credit me with having a much better memory than I do. I do, however, have a powerful imagination. Curtis Sittenfeld
People might say I'm difficult, but did you ever hear anyone describe a label as 'difficult'? By nature, artists should challenge. When they call you difficult, it is a reflection of the imbalance of power. Michelle Shocked
People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous. Edmund Burke
People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more successful than those who lack faith in their ability to effect changes in their lives. Albert Bandura
People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace. F. Murray Abraham
Machine men, with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines, you are not cattle, you are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts. You don’t hate: only the unloved hate, the unloved and the unnatural. Soldiers, don’t fight for slavery, fight for liberty! You the people have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness! You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure! Then, in the name... Charlie Chaplin
What is the cause of historical events? Power. What is power? Power is the sum total of wills transferred to one person. On what condition are the willso fo the masses transferred to one person? On condition that the person express the will of the whole people. That is, power is power. That is, power is a word the meaning of which we do not understand. Leo Tolstoy
Want of imagination makes things unreal enough to be destroyed. By imagination I mean knowledge and love. I mean compassion. People of power kill children, the old send the young to die, because they have no imagination. They have power. Can you have power and imagination at the same time? Can you kill people you don’t know and have compassion for them at the same time? Wendell Berry
Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people. George W. Bush
Love and faith are not common companions. More commonly power and fear consort with faith....Power is not to be crossed; one must respect and obey. Power means strength, whereas love is a human frailty the people mistrust. It is a sad fact of life that power and fear are the fountainheads of faith. Saul Alinsky

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