You can use a biography to examine political power, but only if you pick the right guy.

In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we know about political power the better our choices should be and the better, in theory, our democracy should be.

Long Island is shaped the way it is largely because of Robert Moses. Long Island is a perfect example of how political power shapes people's lives every day.

The greatest power is not money power, but political power.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of economic power.