“Power' is an ominous and sinister word in all these tales, except as applied to the gods.”
No. 131: letter to Milton Waldman (c. 1951)
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien (1981)
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien 78
British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy … 1892–1973Related quotes

"Manifesto for the Abolition of Enslavement to Interest on Money" (1919)

“All the gods are dead except the god of war.”
Part I: "'The Christ' and His Teachings"
1960s, Soul on Ice (1968)
another article by Karl Rahner in Geist und Leben
Broken Lights Letters 1951-59

Miscellaneous
Source: Alan Keyes, January 27, 1996 at the Louisiana Republican Convention. http://www.renewamerica.us/archives/speeches/96_01_27lagop.htm.

“An exception is nothing else than a rule that applies exceptionally.”
Examples of self-translation (c. 2004), Quotes - Zitate - Citations - Citazioni

“Rationalism… is a secularized form of the belief in the power of the word of God.”
Pg 227.
Against Method (1975)
Against His-Story, Against Leviathan! (1983)

2010s, Speech at the Republican National Convention (July 20, 2016)