… the most powerful weapon that we have our command to-day is public opinion. Statesmen quail before it and it could move mountains!
The Future belongs to those who can spread ideas.
In the fact that 'Vogue' is someone that can help guide enormous audiences through this fascinating world, I would like to think we are as influential and actually are now reaching so many more people than we ever dreamt of back in the Fifties or the Sixties.
There is something behind the throne greater than the King himself.
Leadership is one of the most enduring, universal human responsibilities.
This Constitution was not made for a day, nor is it composed of such flexible materials as to be warped to the purposes of a casually ascendant influence.
I didn't start off with the responsibility because I didn't think anybody would care. But as you do meet these people influenced by your music, then you start to understand you have a responsibility. I don't think you initially know it until you feel the power of what you're really doing.
I love the power of music and artistry and feel a responsibility having a platform to preach good things.
Donald Trump is so universally despised, because he so often says the wrong thing and has absolutely no moral code outside of just wanting to be powerful and influential.
Opinion, a sovereign mistress of effects.
As a profession advertising is young; as a force it is as old as the world. The first four words ever uttered, Let there be light, constitute its charter. All nature is vibrant with its impulse.
Unfortunately, celebrity is a powerful thing. It can influence people, but if it can influence people in a good way, then that's a great thing.
We are winning the hearts of these young people out there.
You know, as somebody who writes op-eds and appears on the television, I appreciate as well as anybody that... there is a limit to what that accomplishes.
Yes, I have used my success to bring goodness to the world. Because I'm an actress, and I'm on someone's favorite show or whatever, I think maybe they will listen to me. I feel there's a responsibility to use that platform wisely.
Charm of personality is a divine gift that sways the strongest characters and sometimes even controls the destinies of nations.
I know how to move the people, but I know also where to stop in my own actions so that, when I strike, I shall be felt and not seen.
I see America has infused you with the optimism that has made her so great
It'd be great to be so famous that if I murder someone, I will never, ever, ever serve any jail time, even if it's totally obvious to everyone that I did it.
