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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.
We're all functions of our societies, right? And we all become who we are because of the invisible forces that mold us.
I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave.
My concept of government's role in people's lives is that it is limited but legitimate, and essential when people have nowhere else to turn.
I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.
Our job is to help people take ownership of the process of electing their government. As leaders, our job is to inspire others and not discourage them.
Our contribution purely depends on our consciousness and our willingness to support those in need, to show vulnerability and accept the support of others, to share without expecting the credit, to give it our all and allow our hard work to decide the outcome, to understand that control can only be achieved with a shared responsibility.
The spirit and determination of the people to chart their own destiny is the greatest power for good in human affairs.
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.