To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.
Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.
Technology causes problems as well as solves problems. Nobody has figured out a way to ensure that, as of tomorrow, technology won't create problems. Technology simply means increased power, which is why we have the global problems we face today.
Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
I was ecstatic they re-named 'French Fries' as 'Freedom Fries'. Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots.
Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent.
Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.
People who are in power make their arrangements in secret, largely as a way of maintaining and furthering that power.
At every turn when there has been an imbalance of power, the truth questioned, or our beliefs and values distorted, the change required to restore our nation has always come from the bottom up from our people.
It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce the policy of strength toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness.
It was in our power to set high price for our blood, a price too high for the Arab community, the Arab army, or the Arab governments to think it worth paying.
God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or infective power, in the environment provided by human culture.
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change - it can not only move us, it makes us move.