#power

To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#aid #beyond #care #every #every man

Ambition is the immoderate desire for power. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#ambition #desire

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness. ↗

— Stendhal

#after #first #happiness #love #source

You desire that which exceeds my humble powers, but I trust in the compassion and mercy of the All-powerful God. ↗

— Saint Stephen

#compassion #desire #exceeds #god #humble

It is one thing to go on stage and be funny or be in a good place in your career, but for a woman, actually facing the elements in a physical way is a very powerful thing. ↗

— Pamela Stephenson

#career #elements #facing #funny #go

'Peace Train' is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions. There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#breeze #continues #feel #gust #hearts

I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#love

As a nuclear power - as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has a moral responsibility to act. ↗

— Barack Obama

#moral #moral responsibility #nuclear #nuclear power #nuclear weapon

But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no. ↗

— Barack Obama

#answer #anyway #i #i think #our

What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on either side. And that's just not what the founders intended. ↗

— Barack Obama

#about #absolute #absolute power #chambers #either