These people are very unskilled in arms… with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished.

There are massive efforts on the part of the internet’s corporate owners to try to direct it to become a technique of marginalisation and control.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

This is a wonderful planet, and it is being completely destroyed by people who have too much money and power and no empathy.

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

My father was a mean, controlling and manipulative person for most of his life. He was unpredictable and unstable. As a result, the atmosphere of our home was super-charged with fear because you never knew if what you did would make him mad or not.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

Electricity is really just organized lightning.

‚Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.

I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

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.

I’m not an expert on the arms race.

Those who have a true understanding of America know that we have no desire for territorial expansion, for economic or other domination of other peoples. Such purposes are repugnant to our ideals of human freedom.

Smiling makes me feel weak and not in control and not powerful and small.

Demonstrate to the world, there is ‚No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy‘ than a U.S. Marine.

Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.

Control and surrender have to be kept in balance. That’s what surfers do – take control of the situation, then be carried, then take control. In the last few thousand years, we’ve become incredibly adept technically. We’ve treasured the controlling part of ourselves and neglected the surrendering part.

The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments‘ plans.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

An army marches on its stomach.

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

When I was writing the Destiny’s Child songs, it was a big thing to be that young and taking control. And the label at the time didn’t know that we were going to be that successful, so they gave us all control. And I got used to it.

Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.

I think I’m like most people – we fear the unknown and the things that have yet to come to pass, which are the very things that don’t deserve to be feared. When you give God complete control, it’s very hard not to be fearless.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.

When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it’s the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone’s talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false ‚intelligence‘ and selected ‚leaks.‘

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.

I did 20 years in the Navy. I joined the Navy right out of high school and went through Navy boot camp, went to SEAL training, got done with that, and then showed up at a SEAL team, where I did 20 years. That was pretty much my whole adult life.

Power is competence.

SEALs are human beings. We may all have the same haircuts, but we aren’t robots. Some SEALs are great people. Some are not great people. Some have done unspeakably terrible things. You’re dealing with different people, different dreams, different desires.

If we want to reduce poverty and misery, if we want to give to every deserving individual what is needed for a safe existence of an intelligent being, we want to provide more machinery, more power. Power is our mainstay, the primary source of our many-sided energies.

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.

As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.

No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms.

Any man can call time out, but no man can say how long the time out will be.

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.

Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.

I look forward to a great future for America – a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

When you feel like it’s too hard to obey God, remember that He will never tell you to do something without giving you the grace, power and ability to do it.

To understand the power of the priesthood, we must know its limitations.

Much of India that we dream of still lies ahead of us: housing, power, water and sanitation for all; bank accounts and insurance for every citizen; connected and prosperous villages; and, smart and sustainable cities.

The Marine Corps is the Navy’s police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin’s.

Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.

A word after a word after a word is power.

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

We know that in tough times, cynicism is just another way to give up, and in the military, we consider cynicism or giving up simply as forms of cowardice.

So long as I’m Commander-in-Chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. When you take off the uniform, we will serve you as well as you’ve served us – because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job, or a roof over their head, or the care that they need when they come home.

Power is the great aphrodisiac.

The most obvious characteristic of science is its application: the fact that, as a consequence of science, one has a power to do things. And the effect this power has had need hardly be mentioned. The whole industrial revolution would almost have been impossible without the development of science.

I’m pretty calculating. I take stuff that I know appeals to people’s bad sides and match it up with stuff that appeals to their good sides.

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.