#pow

No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent. ↗

— John Jay

#earth #our #power #property #right

In the last five or six thousand years, empires one after another have arisen, waxed powerful by wars of conquest, and fallen by internal revolution or attack from without. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#another #arisen #attack #conquest #empires

There will be a meeting of the great powers who will disagree, and the next noise we hear will be the screeching of elevators going up and down from heaven to hell. ↗

— Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

#down #elevators #going #great #hear

Everyone has an angel... A guardian who watches over us. We can't know what form they'll take. One day old man next day little girl. But don't let appearances fool you, they can be as fierce as any dragon. Yet they are not here to fight are battles, but to whisper from a hearth. Reminding that its us... its everyone of us who holds the power of the worlds we create. ↗

— Zack Snyder

#art

I don't want to be all power and muscle. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#muscle #power #want

We turned what is virtually a glorified independent label into one of the powerhouse labels in the town. ↗

— Toby Keith

#independent #independent label #into #label #labels

Air power is like poker. A second-best hand is like none at all - it will cost you dough and win you nothing. ↗

— George Kenney

#cost #dough #hand #like #none

I believe that detente was having almost the opposite effect of what was intended. What was intended was to sort of end the contest for power and to stop Soviet expansion, especially by military means and the military build-up, the military contest. ↗

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

#believe #build-up #contest #detente #effect

The truly powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on the most rarified delicacy of all: impunity. ↗

— Naomi Klein

#dine #fast #fast food #feed #food

Celebrating your achievements and applauding your triumphs is a sure way to refuel your enthusiasm and keep yourself motivated for your future endeavours. ↗

— Roopleen

#courage #determination #goals #inspiration #inspire