#power

I thought what I was good at doing was playing real simple guitar licks, since I'd cut my teeth on what Duane Eddy was doing; licks that were simple but had staying power. ↗

— John Fogerty

#doing #eddy #good #guitar #had

The phenomenon develops calmly, but it is invisible, unstoppable. One feels, one sees it born and grow steadily; and it is not in one's power to either hasten or slow it down. ↗

— Leon Foucault

#calmly #develops #down #either #feels

If repression has indeed been the fundamental link between power, knowledge, and sexuality since the classical age, it stands to reason that we will not be able to free ourselves from it except at a considerable cost. ↗

— Michel Foucault

#age #been #between #classical #considerable

The government's objective, broadly expressed, is that all persons, whatever their level of ability, whether they live in town or country, have a right as citizens to a free education of the kind for which they are best fitted and to the fullest extent of their powers. ↗

— Peter Fraser

#best #broadly #citizens #country #education

In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating. ↗

— Michel Foucault

#different #educating #essentially #function #power

All political power is a trust. ↗

— Charles James Fox

#political power #power #trust

The world would be better off with multiple superpowers. When Communist USSR was a superpower, the world was better off. ↗

— Janeane Garofalo

#better off #communist #multiple #off #superpower

Ajax isn't a technology. It's really several technologies, each flourishing in its own right, coming together in powerful new ways. ↗

— Jesse James Garrett

#coming #each #flourishing #new #new ways

A lion may die of an ass's kick. ↗

— Robert Browning

#fates #life #power #weakness #courage

The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most potent and the most direct social insurance the workers can establish. ↗

— Samuel Gompers

#economic #economic power #establish #insurance #most