Man is not the creature of circumstances circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents and man is more powerful than matter.
We all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It's not about being more powerful than men - it's about having equal rights with protection support justice. It's about very basic things. It's not a badge like a fashion item.
All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid.
Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it.
To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple matter. It is a revolution. To regard the lion and the water rats and our fellow men as equals is a magnificent act of a warrior's spirit. It takes power to do that.
The hate of men will pass and dictators die and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die liberty will never perish.
Power does not corrupt men fools however if they get into a position of power corrupt power.
What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.
The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.