Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power. P. J. O'Rourke Love #Greed #Power #Society
The United States is the world's best hope, but if you fetter her in the interests and quarrels of other nations, if you tangle her in the intrigues of Europe, you will destroy her power for good and endanger her very existence. Henry Cabot Lodge Hope #Best #Good #Power
Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life. Joseph Prince Life #Forgiveness #Power #Sin
The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life. Thomas Hobbes Life #Liberty #Nature #Power
She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech. George Bernard Shaw Arts #Lost #Power #Speech
The whole point of Superman, as originally created, was to be the ally of those who had no other allies. It put that magnitude of power, the most powerful guy in the world, in the service of those who had no hope, no chance. J. Michael Straczynski Hope #Chance #Power #Service
I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies. Napoleon Bonaparte Love #Artist #Politics #Power
Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate. Harvey Fierstein Arts #Educate #Inspire #Power
Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor. Allen Klein Humor #Great #History #Power
Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world. Abraham Lincoln Hope #Freedom #Government #Power
As far as love is concerned, possession, power, fusion and disenchantment are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Zygmunt Bauman Love #Apocalypse #Four #Power
Washington, D.C., has everything that Rome, Paris and London have in the way of great architecture - great power bases. Washington has obelisks and pyramids and underground tunnels and great art and a whole shadow world that we really don't see. Dan Brown Arts #Great #Power #Shadow
Hope lies in having more faith in the power of God to heal us than in the power of anything to hurt or destroy us. In realizing that as children of God we are bigger than our problems, we have the power at last to confront them. Marianne Williamson Hope #Faith #God #Power
Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor. Eric Sevareid Humor #Dangerous #Honor #Power
I've realized the extraordinary power of sports to heal, unite and inspire. I believe the Olympics will serve as the ultimate platform to provide positive changes and I hope to inspire all of Japan through my strong showing there. Kohei Uchimura Hope #Positive #Power #Sports
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving Love #Grief #Power #Sad
The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, energy into culture, dead matter into the living symbols of art, biological reproduction into social creativity. Lewis Mumford Arts #Creativity #Culture #Power
It is true that power corrupts. The hope at the polling stations and the actions of the elected representatives, unfortunately, often turn to be opposite. The power of ballot turns into the power of wallet. Some law-makers become law-breakers. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Hope #Actions #Power #True