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To suppose more than one supreme Source of infinite wisdom power and all perfections is to assert that there is no supreme Being in existence.

If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this then we must admit that his wisdom and power are immeasurably greater than that of man and hence he is qualified to reign as king.

I've always shied away from conventional wisdom though I know the power of it.

We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom morality or right to power but that we must fight for the weak and promote democracy.

It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation rather than as the results of thought and resolution.

The Sandinista government became consumed with fighting a war of survival. They were up against the biggest superpower in the world.

Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired our military power and undermined the morale of our armed forces. Our troops were trained to project overwhelming power. They were not trained for occupation duties.

Until democracy in effective enthusiastic action fills the vacuum created by the power of modern inventions we may expect the fascists to increase in power after the war both in the United States and in the world.

However much we may sympathize with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbours we cannot in all circumstances undertake to involve the whole British Empire in a war simply on her account.

The most disastrous phenomenon of the current situation is the factor that imperialism is employing for its own ends all the powers of the proletariat all of its institutions and weapons which its fighting vanguard has created for its war of liberation.

Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.

But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution the answer is no.

Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons the war in Iraq will not end anytime soon.

I'm someone who believes the truth needs to be heard. And if I'm empowered with the truth I'm not going to shut up.

There is nothing so powerful as truth and often nothing so strange.

Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with truth because the truth is that I am fat and that's ok. So now when someone calls me fat I agree whereas before I would get embarrassed and emotional.

The most powerful element in advertising is the truth.

There is little more powerful than when truth joins action.

It shows the truth - that the real meaning of a word is only as powerful or harmless as the emotion behind it.

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers but by preconceived opinion by prejudice.

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.

All political power is a trust.

Before we decide to trust you with this power we ask you to stand before the public and explain your views. Justice may be blind but it should not be deaf.

We should conceive of ourselves not as rulers of Earth but as highly powerful conscious stewards: The Earth is given to us in trust and we can screw it up or make it work well and sustainably.