#posse

Great wealth took possession of the government. It was reflected in Mr. Harding's selection of a cabinet. ↗

— George William Norris

#government #great #harding #mr #possession

Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you. ↗

— Malcolm Cowley

#possess #possesses #talent #you

It is not her body that he wants but it is only through her body that he can take possession of another human being, so he must labor upon her body, he must enter her body, to make his claim. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#being #body #claim #enter #her

Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all my energy and all I possess in my power to serve the people of Nigeria and humanity. ↗

— Olusegun Obasanjo

#devote #energy #god #humanity #i

Why has the Democratic Party become so arrogantly detached from ordinary Americans? Though they claim to speak for the poor and dispossessed, Democrats have increasingly become the party of an upper-middle-class professional elite, top-heavy with journalists, academics and lawyers. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#become #claim #democratic #democratic party #democrats

If people have a basic understanding of right from wrong, possess a strong desire to better themselves and persist in there cause, they can break the chain of any negative environment. ↗

— Dave Pelzer

#basic #basic understanding #better #break #cause

We might possess every technological resource... but if our language is inadequate, our vision remains formless, our thinking and feeling are still running in the old cycles, our process may be "revolutionary" but not transformative. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#every #feeling #formless #inadequate #language

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty. ↗

— John D. Rockefeller

#every #implies #obligation #opportunity #possession

Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire. ↗

— Anwar Sadat

#after #enslaved #most #people #possess

Germany can generally only pay if the Corridor and Upper Silesia will be handed back to Germany from Polish possession, and if besides somewhere on the earth colonial territory will be made available to Germany. ↗

— Hjalmar Schacht

#back #besides #colonial #corridor #earth