American Quotes and aphorisms about powerlessness Adam Arkin D. B. Weiss Maggie Kuhn Robert J. Shiller ,, Trump's victory clearly appears to stem from a sense of economic powerlessness, or a fear of losing... Kehinde Wiley Cesar Chavez Bozoma Saint John Erica Jong Adrienne Rich ,, 'Storm Warnings' is a poem about powerlessness - about a force so much greater than our human power... David S. Rose