Power is not just political. It can be cultural; it can be spiritual.
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Politics is activity in relation to power.
Religious power, which, as I have already said, frequently identifies itself with political power, has always been a protagonist of this bitter struggle, even when it seemingly was neutral.
To have influence, you really don't need to have power. But what you need more than anything else is to have that almost uncanny understanding of what matters to people.
Power is the chance to impose your will within a social context, even when opposed and regardless of the integrity of that chance.
Culture follows power.
A great power has to have the discipline not only to go when necessary but to know when not to go. Getting involved in ethnic, religious civil wars is a recipe for disaster.
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.
I think a reason that a lot of people feel politically paralysed is that it used to be clear how power was organised. But those who have their hands on the levers of popular culture today have great power - and it isn't even clear who they are.
Politics is not about power.
Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.