Power & Society Sayings

508 sayings found from 508 authors

The minute you get away from the basics, whether it's sports or business, you're going to suffer.

— Michael Jordan 2001
Money & Business

I'm a leader. That's what I do.

— LeBron James 2016
Power & Leadership

I like to spend money.

— Marie Antoinette 1775
Money & Business

If I die, or if you desert me, in six months you will lose your son and your throne.

— Rasputin 1916
Power & Leadership

I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.

— Harriet Tubman c. 1849-1850
Justice & Rights

I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.

— Frederick Douglass 1872
Political

The religious bigotry of public opinion is the one obstacle to woman's equality.

— Susan B. Anthony Late 19th Century
Justice & Rights

The only way to stop the racism and discriminations is to stand up and fight for your rights.

— Rosa Parks Post-1955
War & Conflict

I am not a woman. I am a machine. I am a thinking machine, but I have no feelings.

— Florence Nightingale 1861
Power & Leadership

The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.

— Albert Schweitzer Unknown
Power & Leadership

I have been in men's prisons and have seen much that is evil and much that is good.

— Helen Keller 1929
Justice & Rights

The argument of the broken pane of glass is the most valuable argument in modern politics.

— Emmeline Pankhurst 1913 (approx)
Political

Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, the law must be made to serve justice.

— Gloria Steinem 1970s (approx)
Justice & Rights

I do think that the court has become more politicized. It was not always thus. I mean, the justices were not appointed for partisan reasons.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2015
Political

The battle for the civil rights of black people has to be fought by black people themselves.

— Eleanor Roosevelt 1957
War & Conflict

I don't go by the rule book. I lead from the heart, not the head.

— Princess Diana 1995
Power & Leadership

I am just a kid, but I am speaking for the silent majority.

— Greta Thunberg 2019
Power & Leadership

War is what happens when language fails.

— Margaret Atwood 2003
War & Conflict

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

— Salman Rushdie 2005
Justice & Rights

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.

— Malala Yousafzai 2013
Power & Leadership
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