Quotes by Powerlessness I could not stop something I knew was wrong and terrible. I had an awful sense of powerlessness. Andrei Sakharov powerlessness awful terrible At times it is strangely sedative to know the extent of your own powerlessness. Erica Jong powerlessness knows Powerlessness and silence go together. Margaret Atwood powerlessness silence together Violence arises not out of superfluity of power but out of powerlessness. Rollo May powerlessness arise violence Powerlessness corrupts: absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely. Rosabeth Moss Kanter absolute-power powerlessness absolutes The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us. Theodor Adorno powerlessness tasks I was always face to face with total futility and powerlessness. Vanessa Veselka futility powerlessness It is in the interests of both sexes to hear the other sex's experience of powerlessness. Warren Farrell powerlessness interest sex