#power

It is within your power at this very moment not only to consumate an act of enlightened statesmanship, but, as the instrument of the Almighty, to restore to freedom a race of men. ↗

— Robert Dale Owen

#almighty #enlightened #freedom #instrument #men

Leadership is an active role; 'lead' is a verb. But the leader who tries to do it all is headed for burnout, and in a powerful hurry. ↗

— Bill Owens

#active role #burnout #headed #hurry #lead

While one party may possess the levers of power, one party does not possess a monopoly on good ideas. Good lawmaking, after all, is about the ability to craft effective solutions. ↗

— Bill Owens

#about #after #craft #does #effective

It is very difficult to get legislation passed. But then the danger always is that you have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power. ↗

— Major Owens

#constant #danger #difficult #exercise #get

The whole community of people with disabilities was alive, politically alive. I give Justin Dart credit for that. He traveled to every state in the country. He really made people with disabilities understand that they had some political power. ↗

— Major Owens

#community #country #credit #dart #disabilities

We can't afford to deny our past in a bid to be empowered. But what we can do is contextualize the past. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#bid #deny #empowered #our #past

And in this respect, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a tragedy, a clash between one very powerful, very convincing, very painful claim over this land and another no less powerful, no less convincing claim. ↗

— Amos Oz

#been #between #claim #clash #conflict

I think Facebook's biggest problem is the glut of information that Facebook's power users are overwhelmed with. ↗

— Sean Parker

#biggest problem #facebook #glut #i #i think

I think the perception of wealth and power is that things just become easier and easier when in reality as you raise the stakes things become more stressful. ↗

— Sean Parker

#easier #i #i think #just #more

All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star. ↗

— Francis Thompson

#canst #each #far #flower #immortal