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"The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell."

"Straight people. Why can't they control themselves?"

"East of Suez, some hold, the direct control of Providence ceases; Man being there handed over to the power of the Gods and Devils of Asia, and the Church of England Providence only exercising an occas…"

"So I close in saying that I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for."

"t is much easier to control, regulate, and police a legal market than an illegal one."

"Price security, we are told, is only a special form of sanitary security; the economic motive is secondary and subordinate; the state intervenes to make its inhabitants healthy, and not to make them r…"

"Voluntary taxation, far from impairing the "State's" credit, would strengthen it. In the first place, the simplification of its functions would greatly reduce, and perhaps entirely abolish, its need t…"

"History which keeps alive the memory of people's resistance suggests new definitions of power. By traditional definitions, whoever possesses military strength, wealth, command of official ideology, cu…"

"The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe — responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages."

"The economic life of the human race had for some time been based on coal, but latterly oil had been found a far more convenient source of power; and as the oil store of the planet was much smaller tha…"

"What makes him so good? Well, there is nothing he can't do. He is clever. He sees the game quicker than anyone else. He sees the picture. He can play the ball first time round corners that aren't even…"

"Order is the priority of power."

"If those in charge of our society — politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television — can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patr…"

"Every sinful act is another cord woven into that mighty cable of habit, which binds the spirit to the throne of darkness."

"As you might imagine, for Barack, running for president is nothing compared to that first game of basketball with my brother, Craig."

"Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points."

"Although you may tell lies, people will believe you, if only you speak with authority."

"Whoever voluntarily undertakes the necessary office of rearing and educating, obtains the parental power without generation."

"The United States possesses today control of the sea more absolute than was possessed by the British. Our interest in this control is not riches and power as such. It is first the assurance of our nat…"

"Language has an incantory power. The source qualities of language go to the very roots of our experience of poetry."