There are times when the power of language is not the power that is needed. Votes: 6
Leon WieseltierThe power of language, it seems to me, is the only kind of power a writer is entitled to. Votes: 4
Cynthia OzickUKIP trades in the language of fear and division; it seeks power in order to reject responsibility. Votes: 2
Robert WebbIf French is no longer the language of a power, it can be the language of a counter power. Votes: 2
Lionel JospinThere's a reason prophets perform miracles; language lacks the power to describe faith. Votes: 0
Mohsin HamidNo language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love. Votes: 0
Edwin Hubbel ChapinWe tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has Votes: 0
Deborah TannenWe tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has. Votes: 0
Deborah TannenIn a world where language and naming are power, silence is oppression, is violence. Votes: 0
Adrienne RichWords have power. Use the language of leadership versus the vocabulary of a victim. Votes: 0
Robin SharmaLanguage is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation. Votes: 0
Angela CarterLanguage has not the power to speak what love indites: The soul lies buried in the ink that writes. Votes: 0
John Clare