#pow

We have shown that Islam can rule the world perfectly for 14 centuries, and during this time of Muslim power we did not borrow ideas like democracy from others, so why do we need to learn democracy from them now? ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

#centuries #democracy #did #during #ideas

In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state. ↗

— Peter L. Berger

#escaping #however #individual #market #market economy

I confess it is beyond our power to awaken the heart, but ordinarily this way does good. ↗

— Thomas Hooker

#beyond #confess #does #good #heart

The aggressive use of wiretaps is important: It shows that we are targeting white-collar insider-trading rings with the same powerful investigative tools that have worked so successfully against the mob and drug cartels. ↗

— Preet Bharara

#aggressive #important #investigative #mob #powerful

New Hampshire state government is a big customer for prescription drug companies. Just as businesses do, we should take advantage of the bargaining power we have as a big customer. ↗

— John Lynch

#bargaining #big #businesses #companies #customer

I firmly believe that all human beings have access to extraordinary energies and powers. Judging from accounts of mystical experience, heightened creativity, or exceptional performance by athletes and artists, we harbor a greater life than we know. ↗

— Jean Houston

#accounts #artists #athletes #beings #believe

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

#citizens #core #fellow #fellow human beings #game

I'm writing a film. With our access to these powerful media, we're going to take over, because it's really disgusting what is put out there now to be consumed. ↗

— Lisa Bonet

#because #consumed #disgusting #film #going

The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender. ↗

— William Booth

#his #man #measure #power #surrender

When a judge assumes the power to decide which distinctions made in a statute are legitimate and which are not, he assumes the power to disapprove of any and all legislation, because all legislation makes distinctions. ↗

— Robert Bork

#assumes #because #decide #disapprove #distinctions