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Famous Quotes
"In all our associations in all our agreements let us never lose sight of this fundamental maxim - that all power was originally lodged in, and consequently is derived from, the people."
More quotes about Power
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"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 George Mason
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"A few years' experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved our greatest blessings."
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"Your dear baby has died innocent and blameless, and has been called away by an all wise and merciful Creator, most probably from a life to misery and misfortune, and most certainly to one of happiness and bliss."
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"Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community."
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"As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this disgraceful trade, because it would bring weakness and not strength to the union."
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"A few years' experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved our greatest blessings."