If all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison. They’ll have enough to eat, a bed and a roof over their heads. But if an American wants to preserve their dignity and their equality as a human being, they must not bow their neck to any dictatorial government.
You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don’t alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views. Which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.
TV: Doctor Who - from the 4th doctor in the episode “The Face of Evil”
It does once again prove the old adage—for the Democrats—that ‘obsolete power corrupts obsoletely’.
TV: The Daily Show: 16 October 2006
The purpose of the office of the president is not to wield power, but to draw attention away from it.
With power comes responsibility, and Google now has more power than any other corporation to shape the way the internet evolves. As John Battelle puts it in his book Search, “as far as the internet ecosystem is concerned, Google is the weather”.
When you take charge of your life, there is no longer a need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life.
It is said that power corrupts, but actually it’s more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.