Power & Society Sayings

184 sayings found from the Contemporary era from 184 authors

I can assure you that I am not a dictator. I am a democrat.

— Turkmenistan's Saparmurat Niyazov 1994
Political

We do hereby abolish the Republican party, and command that no more attention be paid to it.

— Emperor Norton 1869
Political

It is not by the means of a religion that we can conquer nature, but by the means of nature that we can conquer religion.

— Marquis de Sade 1782
War & Conflict

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

— Aleister Crowley 1904
Justice & Rights

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

— Nikita Khrushchev 1958
Political

I am not a dictator. I am the President of the Philippines. I rule with the consent of the governed.

— Ferdinand Marcos 1975
Political

I came to America to show the Filipinos that I am not afraid. I am not guilty. I am not corrupt. I am not a thief. I am a victim.

— Imelda Marcos 1988
Justice & Rights

I am the Jesus Christ of politics.

— Silvio Berlusconi 2006
Political

I'm not a natural leader. I am not a natural follower. I am an anachronism. I am a man of the wrong time.

— Boris Johnson 2012
Power & Leadership

I've got this thing, and it's fucking golden. And, uh, I'm just not giving it up for fucking nothing.

— Rod Blagojevich 2008
Power & Leadership

I will not be resigning from Congress.

— Anthony Weiner 2011
Political

I'm busy at the moment, trying to find a cure for the common cold, and then I'll move on to poverty and then I'll move on to world peace.

— Charlie Sheen 2011
Money & Business

I'm not really good at talking about myself. I'd rather just do the work.

— Joaquin Phoenix 2014
Power & Leadership

I'm not trying to be rich, I'm trying to be happy.

— Shia LaBeouf 2014
Money & Business

I'm not interested in being powerful. I'm interested in being peaceful.

— Nicolas Cage 2018
Power & Leadership

I am not a prisoner. I am a king.

— Klaus Kinski 1980s
Justice & Rights

I have no patience with the timid and the weak.

— Jack Parsons 1940s
Power & Leadership

I think I'm a futurist. I'm always looking for the next thing.

— Timothy Leary 1980s-1990s
Power & Leadership

We are all just walking each other home.

— Ram Dass (Richard Alpert) 1970s-1980s
Power & Leadership

The mushroom is an alien intelligence, and it is speaking to us.

— Terence McKenna 1994
Power & Leadership
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