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the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
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Quotations regarding 'Power'

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It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career.
Cate Blanchett, Australian Actress (1969-  )
FIFA's goal of making the world a better place through football cannot be achieved through our efforts alone - equally important is the power which every fan of the beautiful game has at their disposal.
Sepp Blatter, Swiss Leader (1936-  )
We kind of agree with Mao that political power comes largely from the barrel of a gun. And we get it that if you want a friend you should get a dog.
Ron Bloom, -
The spirit and determination of the people to chart their own destiny is the greatest power for good in human affairs.
Matt Blunt, American Politician (1970-  )
I shuddered to think how completely the insane were in the power of their keepers, and how one could weep and plead for release, and all of no avail, if the keepers were so minded.
Nellie Bly, American Journalist (1864-1922)
Film provides an opportunity to marry the power of ideas with the power of images.
Steven Bochco, American Producer (1943-  )
The value of the majority lies not in the opportunity to wield great power, but in the chance to use power to do great things.
John Boehner, American Politician (1949-  )
But make no mistake, the President will find in our new majority the voice of the American people as they've expressed it tonight: standing on principle, checking Washington's power and leading the drive for a smaller, less costly, and more accountable government.
John Boehner, American Politician (1949-  )
The large venue gives me the thrill that comes from the power in numbers.
Suzy Bogguss, American Musician (1956-  )
So one begins to wonder what is going to happen to the human race. Technology keeps on advancing with greater and greater power, either for good or for destruction.
David Bohm, American Scientist (1917-1992)
The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?
W. E. B. Du Bois, American Writer (1868-1963)
We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect.
Sissela Bok, Swedish Philosopher (1934-  )
I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.
Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader (1769-1821)
Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader (1769-1821)
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader (1769-1821)
We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings.
Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian Statesman (1947-  )
The free market economy is supposed to be the only path leading to the happiness of humanity by promoting wealth and prosperity, power and influence of nations.
Omar Bongo, Statesman (1935-  )
Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it.
Omar Bongo, Statesman (1935-  )
For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a commodity - of political groups aiming to rise to power.
Omar Bongo, Statesman (1935-  )
Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
Edward de Bono, English Psychologist (1933-  )
 
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