Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Power Dynamics Quotes
AuthorityCivic ResponsibilityDemocracyDictatorshipPower Dynamics The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.
Authority MisuseDomestic GovernanceJustificationPower DynamicsTyranny A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
Power DynamicsRebellionRevolution Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.
HumorLeadershipPerceptionPoliticsPower Dynamics I sometimes think that when he was at Harvard Law School, Mr. Obama cut class the day they got to the separation of powers, 'cause he seems to consider it not just an inconvenience but an indignity that, although he got 270 electoral votes and therefore gets to be president, he didn't get everything.
ControlIgnorancePersecutionPower DynamicsSuperstition The three most powerful and most apparent means used by Rome to retain her power over the minds of her votaries are Ignorance, Superstition, and Persecution.
ExploitationHistorical ContextPower DynamicsWealth Inequality Europe became rich because it exploited Africa; and the Africans know that.
AgencyBeliefControlImaginationPower Dynamics All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.
Childhood and GrowthCreativity SuppressionPower DynamicsResponsibilitySocietal Structure Adults, who outnumber kids four or five to one, are in charge. We wield the resources, run the world, and completely thwart kids' creativity.
AuthorityDeceptionEthical ConsiderationsLeadershipPower Dynamics The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.
CivilizationConflictHistoryPower DynamicsSociety Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.
DeceptionDissimulationPoliticsPower DynamicsTrust The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.
Celebrity CultureEthics and MoralityHollywood IndustryPower DynamicsSuccess and Career Progression The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually a press agent, actor, director, producer, leading man; and you are a star if you sleep with each of them in that order. Crude, but true.
AuthorityConfusionPolitical PhilosophyPower DynamicsRebellion Every anarchist is a baffled dictator.
HumilityIntegrityPower DynamicsSelf RespectTemptation I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings. And I've never been too impressed.
CivilizationConflictLeadershipPower DynamicsSociety One civilization after another has been wrecked upon the attempt to secure sufficient leadership from a single group or class.
ConscienceInactionPower DynamicsSilenceTyranny All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
AgencyInfluencePower DynamicsRelationship Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.
ColonialismIndependencePower Dynamics Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
DefianceLoyaltyPower DynamicsResilience In ceremonies of the horsemen, even the pawn must hold a grudge.
Gender RolesIdentityPower DynamicsSelf-DiscoverySocietal Expectations For me, masculinity is about control, and femininity is more of an embrace, the art of listening. It's very inspiring to explore the shadows of masculinity and femininity, and the tensions between both, and the place of women in the world right now.
EducationGovernanceInstabilityPower DynamicsSocial Change It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.
EthicsFinancial SystemsPower DynamicsValueWork Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
AccountabilityConsequenceMoral ResponsibilityPower Dynamics Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.
GratitudeIsolationMinisteringPersonal NeedsPower Dynamics I'm grateful for the opportunities God gave me to minister to people in high places; people in power have spiritual and personal needs like everyone else, and often they have no one to talk to.
ConflictExploitationGreedPower DynamicsWealth War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.
