Britain rightly sees herself as a global good citizen, but she must reconcile ambition with power, ends with means - shedding utopian idealism in favour of a more rugged internationalism, putting the national interest first, not last.
I think we have a political and moral duty to do everything within our power to maintain the Good Friday Agreement.
I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly that I want to have a good job and have good friends; that's the good stuff in life.
While one party may possess the levers of power, one party does not possess a monopoly on good ideas. Good lawmaking, after all, is about the ability to craft effective solutions.
The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it.
When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.
It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.
What is interesting is the power and the impact of social media... So we must try to use social media in a good way.
Power is power. It's energy. And if you get big, big energy, you can use that in a good way.
I just believe in the goodwill of people, the power of people to do something positive.
I used to dream about Gorbachev before he lost power. I'd go into a panic because I was meeting him, and I had nothing to wear. I'd ask my brother what to do, and he'd tell me to wear my dressing gown. I'd tell him I can't - it's too horrible. He'd tell me to wear his as well. So I'd meet Gorbachev wearing two dressing gowns.
Whether looking at pop music, hip-hop or R&B, it's rare to find an artist who hasn't been touched or affected by the power and soul of gospel music. In fact, many of today's popular artists such as Whitney Houston, John Legend, and Katy Perry started their careers in the church choir.
It is a tragedy indeed that new generations, taking office, attribute failures in governance to insufficient power, and seek more of it.
When Xi Jinping came to power, there were a series of hints that market-based capitalism would be allowed to move forward under his leadership. At the first real threat, they've fallen over themselves to impose government control.
As a conservative who believes in limited government, I believe that the only check on government power in real time is a free and independent press.
Well, first of all, I think that a lot of the voters who are voting for the tea party candidates have really good impulses. That is, they believe that for years and years and years, the people with wealth and power or government power have done well and ordinary people have not. That's true.
Technologies like PayPal foster competition because they enable people to shift their funds from one jurisdiction to another, and I think that ultimately will lead to a world in which there's less government power and therefore more individual control.
Conservatives have deep distrust of government power, so I not only understand their privacy concerns, I share them.
Reforming is about curbing government power. It is a self-imposed revolution; it will require real sacrifice, and it will be painful.
One of the biggest concerns that many voters have with both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, but particularly with Ms. Clinton, is the sense that she uses government power to advance her personal and political interests. She is the very status quo. Americans want that changed.
