Famous Quotes

"The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes."

Felix Frankfurter on Power

More quotes about Power

• "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

  Abraham Lincoln on Power

• "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."

  Margaret Thatcher on Power

• "Knowledge will give you power, but character respect."

  Bruce Lee on Power

• "All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Power

• "Character is power."

  Booker T. Washington on Power

More quotes by Felix Frankfurter

• "Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man."

• "Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society."

• "To some lawyers, all facts are created equal."

• "The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind."

• "Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late."