Desmond Leslie: Power

Desmond Leslie was British pilot, film maker, writer, and musician. Explore interesting quotes on power.

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“Now let us see what he can do with it. Let us see if, under easier conditions, he is able to build the planetary paradise he has always desired, or will abuse his new leisure to the destruction of his soul. Let us see if godly power will make him a little more godlike.”

Desmond Leslie

Source: The Amazing Mr. Lutterworth (1958), p. 201

“I ask... What would they do if every nation had unlimited electrical power-power for the taking-power costing nothing to obtain and available to all men equally?”

Desmond Leslie

The Amazing Mr. Lutterworth (1958)

“This power, I tell them, shall change the face of the Earth. No more shall small groups, nor even single men, be able to rule multitudes through hunger in their bellies; for there shall no more be hunger nor want nor cold; and in time again there shall be no more disease, for as man learns to live in harmony with nature, instead of continually struggling against it, he will destroy the cause of disease.”

Desmond Leslie

Source: The Amazing Mr. Lutterworth (1958), p. 206

“Coming into San Diego we saw a beautiful golden ship in the sunset, but brighter than the sunset. I had ten-power binoculars with me, and was able to study it for half a minute from the halted car. It slowly faded out, the way they do... We have been given their simple philosophy. It runs parallel with the original teachings of Jesus.”

Desmond Leslie

Quoted by Agnes Bernelle in All the Planets are Inhabited! https://web.archive.org/web/20120616003031/http://www.egyouth.fsnet.co.uk/atpai/agnes.htm Weekend Mail, (26 August 1954)