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Language And Power Quotes

Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe.

Adrienne Rich (1995). “On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose 1966-1978”, p.137, W. W. Norton & Company

God is gracious beyond the power of language to describe.

Francis Asbury (1821). “The Journal of the Rev. Francis Asbury, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church: From August 7, 1771, to December 7, 1815”, p.232

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.

Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.58, Bantam

There are times when the power of language is not the power that is needed.

"American Liberals and the Streets of Cairo". newrepublic.com. January 29, 2011.