#power

There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators. ↗

— Steven Wright

#department store #people #power #store #trapped

In life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#given #imaginary #life #most #movies

I serve a higher power, Jesus Christ. I make no apologies in saying that. ↗

— Rick Warren

#higher #higher power #i #jesus #jesus christ

In the Old Testament, it says that if you have the power to do something good, then you have to do it. You're not to avoid helping somebody in their time of need. ↗

— Rick Warren

#good #helping #need #old #old testament

In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn't delineate between legal and illegal. ↗

— Rick Warren

#fame #illegal #immigrant #influence #legal

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. ↗

— George Washington

#avoid #desire #instruments #insult #known

The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure. ↗

— George Washington

#authorized #congress #constitution #declaring #expedition

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. ↗

— George Washington

#arbitrary power #easily #established #liberty #licentiousness

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power. ↗

— Daniel Webster

#been #contest #executive #executive power #grasp

We are all agents of the same supreme power, the people. ↗

— Daniel Webster

#people #power #same #supreme #supreme power