#powerless

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#insoluble #neither #nor #others #our

Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many. ↗

— Maggie Kuhn

#few #hands #many #power #powerlessness

If you're a queen, you're powerless, so I'd probably demote myself and go shopping. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#i #myself #powerless #probably #queen

Collectively, we must do more than simply watch, with resignation and a feeling of powerlessness, reports on the evening news about the latest terrorist atrocity. ↗

— Michael Jeffery

#atrocity #collectively #evening #evening news #feeling

We mostly feel fearful because we feel powerless. We feel powerless, I contend, because of a style of thinking that splits information in two poles that makes us lose all the operative information we need to solve the problem. ↗

— Patricia Sun

#contend #fearful #feel #i #information

I'm not a political person. When I start to get into it, it just upsets me. I feel so powerless when it comes to politics. So I've just decided to be non-political and very, very pro-soldier. ↗

— Channing Tatum

#decided #feel #get #i #i feel

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure? ↗

— Harry Shearer

#absolute power #absolute power corrupts #absolutely #corrupts #does

I do forget sometimes how much it means for certain men—for certain people—to be able to provide their loved ones with material comforts and protection at all times. I forget how dangerously reduced some men can feel when that basic ability has been stripped from them. I forget how much that matters to men, what it represents. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#powerlessness #providers #love

For if there is one thing I have learned over the years about men, it is that feelings of powerlessness do not usually bring forth their finest qualities. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#powerlessness #marriage

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

#injustice #may #must #never #powerless