Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

I'm not a political person. When I start to get into it it just upsets me. I feel so powerless when it comes to politics. So I've just decided to be non-political and very very pro-soldier.

Politics is not about power.

The message that I gave on the - on the steps today was that you need to stand for those things that are right and empower the individual. Believe in the power of one person. Don't believe that you can't do it. Everybody wants - everybody wants a shot. That we can all agree on. Beyond that it becomes politics. I'm not talking politics.

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out do not vote or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be.

We have I fear confused power with greatness.

When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power it is called a democracy.

When governments become large voters cannot exercise close oversight otherwise known as political power.

I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.

You may think the president is all-powerful but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.

One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Because in fact women feminists do read my poetry and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I don't care that's what poetry is supposed to do.

There is also poetry written to be shouted in a square in front of an enthusiastic crowd. This occurs especially in countries where authoritarian regimes are in power.

Poetry is a natural energy resource of our country.It has no energy crisis possessing a potential that will last as long as the country. Its power is equal to that of any country in the world.

One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can go from talking about the way a minute passes to the way a century passes or a lifetime.

Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe.

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.

When power leads man toward arrogance poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts poetry cleanses.

Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.

Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas nerved and blooded with emotions all held together by the delicate tough skin of words.