- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
Power Quotes
Lines on power, wherever it shows up.
Rather than sticking to one definition, this set moves between the power of computing infrastructure, a hitter's power at the plate, and the power a film has to hold a room the way old storytelling once did. Compare notes on strength and character in our Great page.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Group
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- Nov 07, 2020
If democracy brings an undemocratic group to power, is that a victory for democracy?
- Moral
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- Nov 07, 2020
The dangers of an Afghan collapse are many: Afghan deaths, a loss of American prestige, a loss of NATO prestige, a moral blow to U.S. troops and veterans, a Taliban resurgence, huge setbacks for women, and greater power for Pakistan and Pakistani extremists.
- Estimates
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the 1990s, Islamists in Algeria won elections like the Brotherhood did in Egypt. The Algerian military refused to allow the Islamists to take power. A war erupted, killing between 100,000 to 200,000 people, depending on which estimates are to be believed.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a very judgmental person. Of myself and other people. I recognise it's a great fault, but I have no power over that.
- Disrupted
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have witnessed a stunning reversal of power between mainstream and social media: The ability to go direct to end users of information through social channels radically disrupted the mainstream news agenda.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
Companies should take advantage of social media's power to connect, but honor the continued role of media in shaping opinion.
- Religion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or infective power, in the environment provided by human culture.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
This great oracle of the East India Company himself admits that, if there is no power vested in the Court of Directors but that of the patronage, there is really no government vested in them at all.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Myths have a certain staying power because, really, they are aspirational - not always who we are, but always who we want to be. We see ourselves as good and generous. We believe we are a virtuous nation.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
In power politics, it's usually not enough to be liked. A nation has to be considered essential.
- Investment
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- Nov 07, 2020
What the Olympics and other mega-events have shown is that the significant investment required to host an international games successfully has the power to transform a region, and even a nation.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020