Knowledge is power

Cultural  

1. The more one knows, the more one will be able to control events. This sentence is found in the works of Francis Bacon (see also Bacon).

---

Example Sentences

It’s a big ocean, and with the diminished blue whale numbers, he said, knowledge is power.

From New York Times

RuPaul exhorted viewers to listen to drag queens who want to read you a story “because knowledge is power, and if someone tries to restrict your access to power, they are trying to scare you.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Because knowledge is power. And if someone is trying to restrict your access to power, they are trying to scare you. So listen to a drag queen!”

From Salon

“If a drag queen wants to read you a story at a library, listen to her, because knowledge is power,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

“Knowledge is power,” said Capitol Advisors Group President Kevin Gordon, an education lobbyist who closely follows the state’s presence in Congress.

From Los Angeles Times