#power

The federal government neither has the power to site transmission lines, nor do we build them. That's done, as people know, in their own communities. The siting decisions and the permitting is done at the local level, or by state governments if it's interstate in nature. And federal government - this is one area we have no authority. ↗

— Spencer Abraham

#authority #build #communities #decisions #done

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world. ↗

— Henry Adams

#commit #day #existence #human #human race

Excessive fear is always powerless. ↗

— Aeschylus

#always #excessive #fear #powerless

The United States' administrations... must recognize that Iran is a big power. Having said that, we consider ourselves to be a human force and a cultural power and hence a friend of other nations. We have never sought to dominate others or to violate the rights of any other country. ↗

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

#big #consider #country #cultural #dominate

Our nation is today a powerful nation. ↗

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

#our #powerful #powerful nation #today

For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

#creation #enough #literature #man #moment

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation. ↗

— James Allen

#being #choice #every #himself #his

It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful channel. ↗

— James Allen

#diverting #forces #into #powerful #process

The myth of the liberal media empowers conservatives to control debate in the United States to the point where liberals cannot even hope for a fair shake anymore. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#cannot #conservatives #control #debate #empowers

We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership. ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#leadership #our #power #press #undermine