Quotes about Power

God "has placed in all intellectual beings, as their hidden but primary power, the potentiality of knowing him; ever a generous Lord, he has planted in us lowly men, as part of our nature, the longing and desire for him

God is not, in the first place, 'absolute power', but 'absolute love'.

Bad things do happen to good people in this world, but it is not God who wills it. God would like people to get what they deserve in life, but He cannot always arrange it. Forced to choose between a good God who is not totally powerful, or a powerful God who is not totally good, the author of the Book of Job chooses to believe in God's goodness.

Let me suggest that at the core of Jewish God-talk is the unshakable conviction that God's most dominant attribute is His commitment to justice rather than power. Earthly kings lust for power, for total control, and are prepared to sacrifice justice, to hurt innocent people, to hold on to power. But as far as the God of Israel is concerned, in a conflict between justice and power, justice will prevail. God will not do wrong. That more than anything gives Job reason to hope. A

God is the light shining in the midst of darkness, not to deny that there is darkness in the world but to reassure us that we do not have to be afraid of the darkness because darkness will always yield to light. As theologian David Griffin puts in, God is all-powerful, His power enables people to deal with events beyond their control and He gives us the strength to do those things because He is with us.

One man alone can't defeat the forces of evil, but many good people coming together can.

Washington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and why you got there in the first place.

The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

When a leader is in the Democratic Party he is a boss, and when he is in the Republican Party he is a leader.

Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

The 'C' students run the world.