Power & Society Sayings

508 sayings found from 508 authors

Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas?

— Joseph Stalin 1934
Power & Leadership

If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.

— Barack Obama 2012
Money & Business

Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president?!

— Donald Trump 2015
Political

I'm not a politician, I'm a trade unionist.

— Lech Walesa 1980s-1990s
Political

Without free, independent, and strong popular opinion, there can be no democracy.

— Vaclav Havel Various
Political

There is no peace without justice, no justice without forgiveness.

— Desmond Tutu Uncertain
Justice & Rights

My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint, I am a sinner.

— Indira Gandhi Uncertain
Political

I would sell London if I could find a buyer rich enough.

— Richard the Lionheart 1193
Money & Business

I am a sovereign, and I will not be ruled by my subjects!

— Ivan the Terrible 1564
Power & Leadership

I have loved war too much.

— Louis XIV 1715
War & Conflict

An army is a good dog that barks when its master bids it.

— Frederick the Great c. 1750s-1780s
War & Conflict

I kill because I am a king, and a king must rule.

— Shaka Zulu c. 1820s
Power & Leadership

Money doesn't excite me, my ideas excite me.

— Walt Disney Unknown
Money & Business

Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.

— Coco Chanel Unknown
Money & Business

People do make their luck by daring to follow their instincts, taking risks, and embracing every possibility.

— Estee Lauder Unknown
Power & Leadership

Your voice deserves business and respect.

— Madam C.J. Walker Unknown
Money & Business

There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.

— Sam Walton Unknown
Money & Business

Each man is good in his sight. It is not for me to judge.

— Sitting Bull Unknown
Justice & Rights

I was told that the President of the United States had sent for me. I was glad to go.

— Geronimo 1906
Political

No stable in the world could stink worse than a rich vein of fermenting potato peelings.

— Ray Kroc Not specified, from his autobiography 'Grinding It Out'.
Money & Business
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