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There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.
Plato
Humanity
World
Political
Political Power
Will
Power
Become
Philosophers
Philosophy
States
Rulers
Those
Kings
Troubles
Thus
Come
Call
Till
Truly
End
Itself
Hands
Same
Really
Now
Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.
Noam Chomsky
Wealth
Political
Political Power
Power
Increases
Rise
Gives
Concentration
Yields
Legislation
Cycle
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.
Robert A. Heinlein
Religion
Law
Political
Political Power
Will
Power
Almost
Cult
Truism
Any
Legislate
Creed
Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection.
Henry A. Wallace
Man
Political
Political Power
Power
Final
State
Market
Objective
Directed
Toward
Simultaneously
Subjection
Deceit
May
Common
Common Man
Which
Eternal
Using
Capture
Keep
You must make women count as much as men; you must have an equal standard of morals; and the only way to enforce that is through giving women political power so that you can get that equal moral standard registered in the laws of the country. It is the only way.
Emmeline Pankhurst
You
Women
Political
Political Power
Men
Giving
Power
Country
Way
Moral
Must
Morals
Laws
Only
Through
Count
Equal
Make
Get
Registered
Enforce
Much
Standard
There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life. And one of these is the history of political power. This is elevated into the history of the world.
Karl Popper
Life
History
World
Political
Political Power
Power
Kinds
Only
Histories
Human
The History Of
Mankind
Aspects
Human Life
Many
Elevated
Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?
Khalil Gibran
Justice
Political
Political Power
Power
Neighboring
Thousands
Hills
Itself
Very
Jails
Where
Then
Lands
Marches
The church is not a political power; it's not a party, but it's a moral power.
Pope Benedict XVI
Political
Political Power
Church
Power
Party
Moral
Liberalism has never been about establishing a universal standard. Liberalism is simply intellectual cover for those wanting to gain political power and increase the size of the state.
Andrew Breitbart
Political
Political Power
Power
Increase
State
Liberalism
Those
About
Never
Simply
Cover
Been
Intellectual
Establishing
Size
Wanting
Gain
Standard
Universal
High levels of economic inequality lead to imbalances in political power, as those at the top use their economic weight to shape our politics in ways that give them more economic power.
Joseph Stiglitz
Politics
Political
Political Power
Power
Our
Top
Ways
Those
High
Give
More
Economic
Shape
Lead
Weight
Economic Power
Inequality
Them
Use
Levels
We should recognize that nationalism does not mean discriminating against people of a different nationality. It simply means not allowing such people to seize our political power, for only when we Han are in control politically do we have a nation.
Sun Yat-sen
People
Political
Political Power
Power
Nation
Control
Nationalism
Our
Recognize
Only
Seize
Allowing
Simply
Does
Discriminating
Politically
Nationality
Different
Against
Mean
Should
Means
Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.
Andrew Jackson
Government
Money
Political
Political Power
Will
Power
States
Concentrated
Officers
Substantially
Which
Public
Pays
Once you've built the big machinery of political power, remember you won't always be the one to run it.
P. J. O'Rourke
You
Remember
Political
Political Power
Power
Big
Once
Machinery
Run
Always
Built
My three years in politics was very instructive about the way in which the appetite for political power can destroy a human mind, destroy principles and values, and transform people into little monsters.
Mario Vargas Llosa
Politics
People
Political
Political Power
Mind
Values
Three
Power
Monsters
Way
Destroy
About
Principles
Years
Very
Human
Transform
Which
Little
Human Mind
Appetite
Any man who has ever tried to use political power for the common good has felt an awful sense of powerlessness.
Robert Casey
Good
Man
Political
Political Power
Power
Sense
Tried
Powerlessness
Felt
Any
Common
Common Good
Use
Who
Ever
Awful
I try to do stories that make a difference - stories that affect the way people think, stories that people need to hear - and usually what drives me is to do stories about people who have no voice, people who have no political power, people who are overlooked by society.
Ann Curry
Me
People
Political
Political Power
Try
Power
Think
Society
Way
About
Voice
Drives
Make
Make A Difference
Overlooked
Affect
Hear
Difference
Stories
Who
Need
Impeachment must not be a raw exercise of political power in which the House impeaches whoever it wishes for any reason it deems sufficient. Indeed, it is the solemn duty of all of the members of the House in any impeachment case to exercise their judgment faithfully within the confines established by our Constitution.
Charles T. Canady
Constitution
Impeachment
Political
Political Power
Power
Judgment
Duty
Our
Indeed
Solemn
Members
Must
Case
Raw
Wishes
House
Exercise
Within
Faithfully
Any
Established
Confines
Which
Reason
Whoever
Sufficient
The church, inserted and active in human society and in history, does not exist in order to exercise political power or to govern the society.
Claudio Hummes
History
Political
Political Power
Church
Power
Active
Society
Inserted
Exercise
Does
Govern
Exist
Human
Order
Human Society
When population shifts - brought about by fair housing laws, affirmative action and landmark school desegregation rulings - political power is challenged as well.
Gwen Ifill
School
Political
Political Power
Power
Action
Brought
About
Laws
Fair
Well
Housing
Shifts
Affirmative
Affirmative Action
Landmark
Population
Challenged
We kind of agree with Mao that political power comes largely from the barrel of a gun. And we get it that if you want a friend you should get a dog.
Ron Bloom
You
Dog
Political
Political Power
Gun
Power
Kind
Friend
Get
Want
Should
Barrel
Agree
Mao
Largely
A cult is a religion with no political power.
Tom Wolfe
Religion
Political
Political Power
Power
Cult
I think that building political power has to come from the outside and from within. Meaning, we have to build political alternatives to the existing system, and we have to try to impact what is happening in the existing system.
Alicia Garza
Political
Political Power
Try
Power
Build
Building
Think
System
Impact
Outside
Come
Alternatives
Within
Existing
Happening
Meaning
If I bring up political power, personal power, it sounds like they're my terms, and they're not.
Barbara Kruger
Political
Political Power
Power
Like
Terms
Sounds
Up
Personal
Bring
All political power is a trust.
Charles James Fox
Trust
Political
Political Power
Power
Wall Street has too much wealth and political power.
Charlie Munger
Finance
Wealth
Political
Political Power
Too Much
Power
Too
Wall
Wall Street
Much
Street
I've got three little kids at home, and I'm trying to save this country from itself. I'm not here to play political power games, and I've had enough of people playing political power games, and this has just gone on too long.
Devin Nunes
Home
People
Political
Political Power
Three
Long
Power
Country
Gone
Too
Enough
Kids
Had
Had Enough
Got
Itself
Trying
Just
Little
Little Kids
Games
Play
Here
Playing
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