If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves. Howard Zinn chargecontrolcorporate share on social
The need to exert power, when thwarted in the open fields of life, is the more likely to assert itself in trifles. Charles Horton Cooley assertexertfield Change image and share on social
The Government are very keen on amassing statistics - they collect them, add them, raise them to the nth power, take the cube root and prepare wonderful diagrams. Josiah Stamp addamasscollect Change image and share on social
When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that. John Legend dealhandimpoverish Change image and share on social
I think that celebrities should never underestimate their power. I mean just to draw attention, because then people get involved on a personal level. Debbie Gibson attentioncelebritydraw Change image and share on social
A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold. Aristotle formgoldimpress share on social
The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism, and ought to have no place among Republicans and Christians. Angelina Grimke blindchristiancivil share on social
We should remember that there are nations which meet more than 30 to 60% of their power requirements through the nuclear power system. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam meetnationnuclear Change image and share on social
A vile and overbearing temper becomes sometimes, in one long accustomed to the exercise of power, unendurable to those who are subject to its humors. Samuel Freeman Miller accustomexercisehumor Change image and share on social
I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system. Oskar Schindler defeatpowerresolve Change image and share on social
