diff --git a/discord/channel.py b/discord/channel.py
index 7f8d23eb9..3d0c2481a 100644
--- a/discord/channel.py
+++ b/discord/channel.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class Channel(object):
         # and then the allowed.
 
         if member.id == self.server.owner.id:
-            return Permissions.ALL
+            return Permissions.all()
 
         default = self.server.get_default_role()
         base = deepcopy(default.permissions)
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class Channel(object):
 
         # Server-wide Manage Roles -> True for everything
         if base.can_manage_roles:
-            base = Permissions.ALL
+            base = Permissions.all()
 
         member_role_ids = set(map(lambda r: r.id, member.roles))
 
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ class Channel(object):
 
         if base.can_manage_roles:
             # This point is essentially Channel-specific Manage Roles.
-            base.value |= Permissions.ALL_CHANNEL.value
+            tmp = Permissions.all_channel()
+            base.value |= tmp.value
 
         if self.is_default_channel():
             base.can_read_messages = True
diff --git a/discord/permissions.py b/discord/permissions.py
index 44ecd8537..676f6a5f3 100644
--- a/discord/permissions.py
+++ b/discord/permissions.py
@@ -80,6 +80,49 @@ class Permissions(object):
     def __init__(self, permissions=0, **kwargs):
         self.value = permissions
 
+    @classmethod
+    def none(cls):
+        """A factory method that creates a :class:`Permission` with all
+        permissions set to False."""
+        return cls(0)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def all(cls):
+        """A factory method that creates a :class:`Permission` with all
+        permissions set to True."""
+        return cls(0b00000011111100111111110000111111)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def all_channel(cls):
+        """A :class:`Permission` with all channel-specific permissions set to
+        True and the server-specific ones set to False. The server-specific
+        permissions are currently:
+
+        - can_manager_server
+        - can_kick_members
+        - can_ban_members
+        """
+        return cls(0b00000011111100111111110000011001)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def general(cls):
+        """A factory method that creates a :class:`Permission` with all
+        "General" permissions set to True."""
+        return cls(0b00000000000000000000000000111111)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def text(cls):
+        """A factory method that creates a :class:`Permission` with all
+        "Text" permissions set to True."""
+        return cls(0b00000000000000111111110000000000)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def voice(cls):
+        """A factory method that creates a :class:`Permission` with all
+        "Voice" permissions set to True."""
+        return cls(0b00000011111100000000000000000000)
+
+
     def _bit(self, index):
         return bool((self.value >> index) & 1)