#power

The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#after #any #anybody #argument #authoritarian

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#easily #make #power #room #solitude

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do. ↗

— John Ruskin

#first #great #great man #hesitation #his

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition. ↗

— John Ruskin

#best #condition #easily #effort #our

For the first time in 15 years, Georgia this winter has its electric power guaranteed without deficit. This is a historic achievement. ↗

— Mikhail Saakashvili

#deficit #electric #first #first time #georgia

I foresee the Chinese ruling the world. What are you going to do to stop it? No president of the United States will ever have enough power to stop the Chinese when they want to take over the world. ↗

— Evel Knievel

#enough #ever #foresee #going #i

Unless we do things in this country to slow down our population, slow down our birth control, provide better water for people, provide power for people, we're gonna find out that the next wars are not going to be fought over diamonds, gold and political things. ↗

— Evel Knievel

#birth #birth control #control #country #diamonds

Know your power. ↗

— Jordan Knight

#power #your

I have now taken a serious task upon myself and I fear a greater one that is in the power of any man to perform in the given time-but it is too late to go back. ↗

— Eli Whitney

#back #fear #given #go #greater

The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose. ↗

— J. Martin Kohe

#greatest #person #possesses #power