#levers

While one party may possess the levers of power, one party does not possess a monopoly on good ideas. Good lawmaking, after all, is about the ability to craft effective solutions. ↗

— Bill Owens

#about #after #craft #does #effective

Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power to affect change. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#change #franklin #franklin roosevelt #great #how

For charity purposes, how do I help? A lot of prospective levers and tools have come into my life. ↗

— Eduardo Saverin

#come #help #how #i #into

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#interest #levers #men #moved #only

Coincidence is the word we use when we can't see the levers and pulleys. ↗

— Emma Bull

#levers #see #use #word

I think a reason that a lot of people feel politically paralysed is that it used to be clear how power was organised. But those who have their hands on the levers of popular culture today have great power - and it isn't even clear who they are. ↗

— Susan Faludi

#culture #even #feel #great #great power

Martin Luther King Jr. really understood the role of the churches when he said, 'The church is not meant to be the master of the state.' We don't sort of take power and grab the levers of government and impose our agenda down people's throats. ↗

— Jim Wallis

#church #churches #down #government #grab

Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#arrangement #believes #civilization #ingenious #inventor

I suppose we all loved those kind of sci-fi movies where terrible things came out of swamps and came to Mars. And there's usually some poor girl. All the guys are trying to desperately handle levers and saying, go to something or other. ↗

— Neil Innes

#desperately #girl #go #guys #handle