"Я знаю, как использовать власть."

Translation: I know how to use power.

[dempl]

Yeah, just give me 5 minutes as a Duo Moderator... I would get all of you guys straighten out...

[va-diim]

Шта си мислиш, Демпљ?

[Imnuts7]

That's what they all say.

[feyMorgaina]

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dalberg-Acton,_1st_Baron_Acton)

[flootzavut]

but I have no idea why власть, of all words, is still one I remember...

[jake3389]

If I remember correctly, власть is the root-word used in the name Владимир, which happens to be the name of the most powerful person in Russia. There is also the city of Владивосток which means something like eastern authority.

[wyqtor]

There's also the southern city of Владикавказ, literally meaning 'ruler of the Caucasus'.

[WolterJE]

Yes, it does stick, doesn't it.

[va-diim]

A direct quote from Vladimir Vladimirovicha :-)

[Jellei]

Any reason why it can't be 'the power'? The power that I just acquired?

[Kaens]

Report? Sounds possible.

[geneven]

I thought it was Donald Trump.

[va-diim]

От Доналда Фредериковича? :-)

[KH40bu]

This entire conversation is an argument about power strip electrical outlets, y'all just trippin'

[oxygen3]

"wield" power should be the default literary translation.

[RikyUnreal]

Супермен

[taffarelbergamin]

Could власть be used for other kinds of power? Like in "power source", "electrical power", etc.

[Atropos2015]

Почему power без определенного артикля? Как можно использовать абстрактную власть?

[lesliedeanbrown]

said Mr Putin.

[huedor2077]

Nothing about giving power to someone in order to really know him.

[RUSCHE1]

Thank to gods in Russia power in good hands. Viva Putin.