This was a theme of Sen. Akaka's career - to advocate for people who did not have power, for people who were vulnerable. He was a champion for the federal government employees who continue to this day to be a punching bag for some.
Brian Schatz
PowerDayGovernmentPeopleChampion
We all have so much more power to make our dreams a reality - and love life along the way - than we think we do!
Rachele Brooke Smith
LifeLoveDreamsPowerThinkWay
F.D.R. had to deal with Southern segregationists - and outright racists - who held power in Congress, so he had to yield to that power in order to get his New Deal legislation passed.
Jeff Greenfield
PowerCongressNewNew DealOrder
We are taught that revenge is strong and compassion is weak. We are taught that power is more important than love.
Sharon Salzberg
LovePowerCompassionRevengeStrong
At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people.
Haile Gebrselassie
PowerMomentI AmStepPeopleThink
If we had maintained a small, residual force in Iraq, I don't think the Islamic State would have risen to power as it has.
Tom Cotton
PowerSmallThinkForceWouldState
My friend and I were talking about the band Limp Wrist, and how cool that name is, so we started bouncing other queer-punk band names off each other. The first one I thought of was The Power Bottoms, which I later shortened to Power Bottom.
Liv Bruce
FriendPowerCoolThoughtNameBand
We stress out over things we can't control. So if something is a stressor, you can just simply take the power away from it by focusing on something else.
Christen Press
PowerStressControlYouOverOut
I condemn what happened in Madrid, but it is suspicious. If tomorrow there will be another bombing, in France for example, who will gain power? Of course not Jacques Chirac, but Le Pen.
Walid Jumblatt
PowerTomorrowPenWillGainFrance
Bitcoin represents the first major breakthrough in economics and finance since double-entry bookkeeping was invented in 1494, and activists need to embrace its power.
Max Keiser
PowerFinanceEconomicsEmbraceNeed
I'm not a millionaire. I have a high earning power, but I never did have any capital.
Prescott Bush
PowerNeverHighEarningMillionaire
I can assure you we are a responsible nuclear power.
Manmohan Singh
PowerYouI CanResponsibleNuclear
The confidence is really driven by the woman - whether she can have the confidence that there will be enough earning or income to finance all the domestic spending - but also by the middle-income class, which for many Asian countries has become the growth power for the economy.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
GrowthConfidencePowerWomanEnough
Unless someone truly has the power to say no, they never truly have the power to say yes.
Dan Millman
PowerSomeoneSayNeverYesUnless
I tell the story of eight forgotten founders, people like Canassatego, an Iroquois Indian Chief, who taught Benjamin Franklin about federalism, about the idea that you can form a confederacy in which the central power has only limited powers and local control is retained.
Mike Lee
PowerPeopleControlStoryYouTell
Seeing the intensity and power she brings to the game, it's hard to imagine her being anything but single-minded in pursuing tennis. But Serena Williams has other passions, too. In fact, there doesn't seem to be enough time in the day, week or month for one of the world's most gifted athletes to chase her many interests.
Don Yaeger
PowerTimeDayWorldGameEnough
Women are brought up to believe you are going to be the better parent and you know what's best. I don't think that's necessarily true. As much as we have to ask men to step it up, we have to take a look at ourselves and be willing to give up some of that parental power.
Jessica Valenti
WomenPowerBestMenStepBelieve
If you have any power at all from being popular, then you have a duty to help people out.
Arabella Weir
PowerPeopleHelpYouDutyOut
Political civility is not about being polite to each other. It's about reclaiming the power of 'We the People' to come together, debate the common good and call American democracy back to its highest values amid our differences.
Parker Palmer
GoodPowerTogetherPeopleDemocracy
Music has the power to bring people together like no other art form.
Michael Franti
MusicPowerArtTogetherPeople
My power is the ability to control water molecules and form them into ice.
Shawn Ashmore
PowerWaterControlIceAbility
You booked him, and you didn't worry about crowds. For drawing power in the South, it was Roy Acuff, then God.
Hank Williams
GodPowerWorryDrawingYouHim
Movies for adults sucked in the 1980s, and music for adults sucked even worse; whether we're talking about Kathleen Turner flicks or Sting albums, the decade's non-teen culture has no staying power at all.
Rob Sheffield
MusicPowerCultureTalkingMovies
I thought maybe, just by never preaching, never doing any of that stuff because it doesn't work. By just maybe the power of example and some laughs, maybe somebody might go take a walk.
Liza Minnelli
WorkPowerWalkThoughtDoingGo
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