Verb
To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess.
To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.
To use with full command or power, as a thing not too heavy for the holder; to manage; to handle; hence, to use or employ; as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter.
Source: Webster's dictionaryKids are never the problem. They are born scientists. The problem is always the adults. They beat the curiosity out of the kids. They out-number kids. They vote. They wield resources. That's why my public focus is primarily adults. Neil deGrasse Tyson
It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. Aung San Suu Kyi
Like Rousseau, whom he resembles even more than he resembles Voltaire, Shaw never gave a social form to his assertiveness, never desired to arrive and to assimilate himself, or wield authority as of right. Jacques Barzun
Religion is a barbarous obsidian knife poised over our chests - put it in a cabinet and admire it as a work of art, but don't ever wield the damned thing ever again. PZ Myers
The Great Depression in the United States, far from being a sign of the inherent instability of the private enterprise system, is a testament to how much harm can be done by mistakes on the part of a few men when they wield vast power over the monetary system of a country. Milton Friedman
Wield the paddles together. Hawaiian Proverb