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  • The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons of poor and mean condition is the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Adam Smith Quotes , Powerful Quotes , Mean Quotes
  • To overcome extremism, we must also be vigilant in upholding the values our troops defend – because there is no force in the world more powerful than the example of America. That is why I have ordered the closing of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, and will seek swift and certain justice for captured terrorists – because living our values doesn't make us weaker, it makes us safer and it makes us stronger.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Powerful Quotes , America Quotes
  • One of the things you learn as president is, as powerful as this office is, you have limited bandwidth. And the time goes by really quickly and you're constantly making choices, and there are pressures on you from all different directions - pressures on your attention, not just pressures from different constituencies. And so you have to be pretty focused about where can you have the biggest, quickest impact.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Powerful Quotes , Impact Quotes
  • The Russians are bent on world dominance, and they are rapidly acquiring the means to become the most powerful imperial nation the world has seen. The men in the Soviet Politburo do not have to worry about the ebb and flow of public opinion. They put guns before butter, while we put just about everything before guns.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Margaret Thatcher Quotes , Powerful Quotes , Mean Quotes
  • Action will come. Fill yourselves with the ideal; whatever you do, think well on it. All your actions will be magnified, transformed, deified, by the very power of the thought. If matter is powerful, thought is omnipotent. Bring this thought to bear upon your life, fill yourselves with the thought of your almightiness, your majesty, and your glory.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Swami Vivekananda Quotes , Powerful Quotes , Thinking Quotes
  • Being on a show with a female lead is amazing for me. I love that. I love the powerful woman who's complicated. There's no push to be one thing or another thing. It's all human. That's what you look for as an actor: characters written and portrayed in the most human way possible.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Aja Naomi King Quotes , Powerful Quotes , Character Quotes