Pastoral Resources

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.

Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.

I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, 'Give, give.'

Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help.

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.

The educator must believe in the potential power of his pupil, and he must employ all his art in seeking to bring his pupil to experience this power.

No one can fail to see that the power of the Church among large numbers in many communities is today diminishing, or has already ceased.

Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit.

Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar.

The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power.

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

Whoever is new to power is always harsh.

The American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power over public opinion in fewer and fewer hands.

The United States' administrations... must recognize that Iran is a big power. Having said that, we consider ourselves to be a human force and a cultural power and hence a friend of other nations. We have never sought to dominate others or to violate the rights of any other country.