#power

Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

#ambitious #because #become #behind #effectively

Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#power #roar #whispers #will #your

Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright. ↗

— Charlotte Gainsbourg

#more #much #powerful #than #wanting

A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance; but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#been #book #books #cannot #devil

In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#expectation #power #power corrupts #states #though

Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#discarded #like #power #something #underwear

In Europe, it appears that in the name of democracy, elites are pursuing an autocratic, centralized power, seeking economic control and social regimentation. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#autocratic #centralized #control #democracy #economic

The European Union, which is not directly responsible to voters, provides an irresistible opportunity for European elites to seize power in order to impose their own vision on a newly socially regimented Europe. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#elites #europe #european #european union #impose

I am not wrong in the belief that its public funds are more secure than those of all the European powers. ↗

— Albert Gallatin

#belief #european #european powers #funds #i

We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

#comic #however #may #never #powers