Quotes about Power

A smile is a powerful weapon; you can even break ice with it.

The power and intensity of your contractions cannot be stronger than you, because it is you.

With the jawbone of an ass… have I slain a thousand men.

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing.

The king of terrors.

Victory is a political fiction.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

Increased spiritual strength is a gift from God which He can give when we push in His service to our limits. Through the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, our natures can be changed. Then our power to carry burdens can be increased more than enough to compensate for the increased service we will be asked to give.

Hard men present hard choices - none more so than Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia.

Liberal democracy has endured because its institutions are designed for handling morally hazardous forms of coercive power. It puts the question of how far government should go to the cross fire of adversarial review.

Leaders of the Church have often been Narcissus, flattered and sickeningly excited by their courtiers. The court is the leprosy of the papacy.

I think our democracy has it exactly right: two terms, eight years. It's enough. Because it's important to have one foot in reality when you have access to this kind of power.