#power

The history of your world is filled with the voice of the victor, the voice of power, although it was not always a voice of sanity, by any means. ↗

— Barbara Marciniak

#power #sanity #victor #family

White folks have controlled New Orleans with money and guns, black folks have controlled it with magic and music, and although there has been a steady undercurrent of mutual admiration, an intermingling of cultures unheard of in any other American city, South or North; although there has prevailed a most joyous and fascinating interface, black anger and white fear has persisted, providing the ongoing, ostensibly integrated fete champetre with volatile and sometimes violent idiosyncrasies. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#fear #guns #music #new-orleans #power

Word of mouth—it’s more powerful, more convincing, and more audible than word of hand.
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— Jarod Kintz

#convincing #power #powerful #word-of-mouth #food

Storytelling? God started that. Discovery. Lust. Murder. Revenge. Power. Sin. Redemption. Forgiveness. Miracles. We simply retell the stories in the language of our generation. ↗

— Dennis R. Miller

#lust #miracles #murder #power #revenge

No matter how long you behest, to the fruit draped tree. It will do you no best, until a shingle you free. ↗

— Shahzad Ashraf

#actions-over-words #begging #do #forgiveness #power

There comes a moment in history when ignorance is no longer a forgivable offense... a moment when only wisdom has the power to absolve. - Bertrand Zobrist ↗

— Dan Brown

#ignorance #power #wisdom #forgiveness

You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#empowerment #flying #freedom #unburdening #weight

It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#fear #losing #power #power corrupts #scourge

A desire for privacy does not imply shameful secrets; Moglen argues, again and again, that without anonymity in discourse, free speech is impossible, and hence also democracy. The right to speak the truth to power does not shield the speaker from the consequences of doing so; only comparable power or anonymity can do that. ↗

— Nick Harkaway

#democracy #freedom-of-speech #power #privacy #responsibilities

I can only be free when the other people around me are free. ↗

— Jordan Jones

#being-yourself #no-freedom #slavery-power #freedom