Power Quotes

Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.

25234 quotes

"Every choice we make either accelerates or decelerates the climate crisis."
Bill McKibben
"We need to build a movement so powerful that no politician can ignore it."
Bill McKibben
A
"Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Aimé Césaire
G
"Change is coming, whether you like it or not."
Greta Thunberg
G
"Your generation created this mess, ours will clean it up."
Greta Thunberg
G
"The future is what we make it."
Greta Thunberg
G
"We are here to demand change."
Greta Thunberg
G
"The choice is yours: act or face the consequences."
Greta Thunberg
G
"You have the power to change this."
Greta Thunberg
D
"The power of individual action, multiplied across millions, can change the world."
David Brower
D
"Power without wisdom is the root of all destruction."
David Brower
J
"We have the solutions; what we lack is the political will."
James Hansen
L
"True power comes from the respect and love of others, not from force."
Leopold Sédar Senghor
"The cause is effect is man himself."
Frantz Fanon
"Language is power."
Frantz Fanon
W
"The dictator doesn't fear the critic; he fears the person who takes action."
Wangari Maathai
W
"Every person, every community has the power to create change. You just have to believe it."
Wangari Maathai
W
"The most important thing is that we recognize our power and use it for good."
Wangari Maathai
A
"The colonizer and the colonized are bound in a terrible dance of power."
Aimé Césaire
A
"Power resides not in the state but in the collective will of the people."
Aimé Césaire
G
"I believe that the people have the power to change."
Greta Thunberg
G
"You underestimate the power of young people united."
Greta Thunberg
G
"You have the power to make a difference. Use it."
Greta Thunberg
G
"I believe in the power of collective action."
Greta Thunberg
G
"This movement is unstoppable."
Greta Thunberg
E
"The act of interpretation is an act of power"
Edward Said
E
"Power corrupts through the claim to truth"
Edward Said
D
"We are the first species with the power to destroy, and the first with the choice to preserve."
David Brower
L
"Power that serves others is true power; power that dominates is tyranny."
Leopold Sédar Senghor
G
"I think it is important to acknowledge that power is not just a negative thing—it's productive."
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak