#pow

A government without the power of defense! It is a solecism. ↗

— James Q. Wilson

#government #power #without

But then again, that's what the Book of Job was about to her, a cautionary tale about wanting there to be a God, wanting there to be someone who could enact what a God could enact, or who could sanction what the Devil would do. You want this, people? You want these kinds of powers? No, you don't, and here's why, and here's why it's sheer vanity to want them in any other entity. Look what sort of violence would rain down. Poor Job, sure, poor Job with his hives and his financial losses — though who needs three thousand camels? — and too bad about the kids, forgive me, they were delicious, so sweet and so cold, sure, too bad, but it's God who's the miserable bastard here. Look what he got himself up to! No good could come of that type of power; that's what the writer of the Book of Job was saying, and she knew the writer was right. ↗

— Michelle Latiolais

#god #power #forgiveness

This book, conceived in sorrow, composed in grief, and constructed at the brink of despair, contains my mind's best thoughts, and my soul's triumph over the powers of darkness. ↗

— Isaac Mayer Wise

#book #brink #composed #conceived #constructed

What connects two thousand years of genocide? Too much power in too few hands. ↗

— Simon Wiesenthal

#few #genocide #hands #much #power

Well the specific role of the World Bank is to be ready with financial assistance immediately after this emergency takes place because you need to reconnect water, you need to reconnect power, you need roads, you need bridges, and that has to be done urgently. ↗

— James Wolfensohn

#assistance #bank #because #bridges #done

It sounds so cheesy, but there's something very powerful about looking in the mirror and asking yourself a question. Because I think it's really hard to lie. ↗

— Kristen Wiig

#asking #because #cheesy #hard #i

The Almighty has fixed the distinction of the races; the Almighty has made the black man inferior, and sir, by no legislation, by no partisan success, by no revolution, by no military power, can you wipe out this distinction. ↗

— Fernando Wood

#black #distinction #fixed #inferior #legislation

Not a season passes without new disclosures showing Nixon's numerous attempts at criminal use of his presidential powers and in fact the scorn he held for the rule of law. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#criminal #disclosures #fact #held #his

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things. ↗

— William Wordsworth

#eye #harmony #into #joy #life

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#full #happiness #involves #power #talents