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Power29 quotes
Every Communist must grasp the truth: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." — Mao Zedong · 1938Power is the great aphrodisiac. — Henry Kissinger · 1971Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men. — Lord Acton · 1887Power may justly be compared to a great River, while kept within its due Bonds, is both Beautiful and Useful; but when it overflows its Banks, it is then too impetuous to be stemm'd, it bears down all before it, and brings Destruction and Desolation wherever it comes. If then this is the Nature of Power, let us at least do our Duty, and like wise Men (who value Freedom) use our utmost Care to support Liberty, the only Bulwark against lawless Power, which in all Ages has sacrificed to it's wild Lust and boundless Ambition, the Blood of the best Men that ever liv'd. — Andrew Hamilton · 1735Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it... One must have the courage to dare. — Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1866Riches, knowledge and honour are but several sorts of power. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651All 29 quotes →Nature of power8 quotes
Power may justly be compared to a great River, while kept within its due Bonds, is both Beautiful and Useful; but when it overflows its Banks, it is then too impetuous to be stemm'd, it bears down all before it, and brings Destruction and Desolation wherever it comes. If then this is the Nature of Power, let us at least do our Duty, and like wise Men (who value Freedom) use our utmost Care to support Liberty, the only Bulwark against lawless Power, which in all Ages has sacrificed to it's wild Lust and boundless Ambition, the Blood of the best Men that ever liv'd. — Andrew Hamilton · 1735Riches, knowledge and honour are but several sorts of power. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651It will not be denied, that power is of an encroaching nature, and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it. — James Madison · 1788Power resides where men believe it resides. It’s a trick, a shadow on the wall. And a very small man can cast a very large shadow. — Lord Varys · 2012To have power means not to have to give in, and to force the environment or the other person to do so. Power in this narrow sense is the priority of output over intake, the ability to talk instead of listen. In a sense, it is the ability to afford not to learn. — Karl Deutsch · 1966Power is when we have every justification to kill, and we don't. — Oskar Schindler · 1993All 8 quotes →Politics6 quotes
Every Communist must grasp the truth: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." — Mao Zedong · 1938It will not be denied, that power is of an encroaching nature, and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it. — James Madison · 1788Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table. — George Shultz · 1986No man is good enough to govern another man, without that other's consent. — Abraham Lincoln · 1854Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. — Hannah Arendt · 1969Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. — A.J. Liebling · 1960Political theory5 quotes
Every Communist must grasp the truth: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." — Mao Zedong · 1938It will not be denied, that power is of an encroaching nature, and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it. — James Madison · 1788Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table. — George Shultz · 1986No man is good enough to govern another man, without that other's consent. — Abraham Lincoln · 1854Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. — Hannah Arendt · 1969Abuse of power3 quotes
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men. — Lord Acton · 1887The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. — Edmund Burke · 1771The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its victim; denounces it; and excites the public odium and the public hatred, to conceal its own abuses and encroachments. — Henry Clay · 1834Knowledge2 quotes
Riches, knowledge and honour are but several sorts of power. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651The most hateful torment for men is to have knowledge of everything but power over nothing. — Herodotus · 430 BCWealth2 quotes
Riches, knowledge and honour are but several sorts of power. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? — Jesus · 60Absolute power1 quote
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it. — William Pitt, Earl of Chatham · 1770Attraction1 quote
Power is the great aphrodisiac. — Henry Kissinger · 1971Checks and balances1 quote
It will not be denied, that power is of an encroaching nature, and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it. — James Madison · 1788Corruption1 quote
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men. — Lord Acton · 1887Desire1 quote
I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Desire for power1 quote
I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Effects of fame1 quote
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies. — Henry Adams · 1907Effects of power1 quote
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies. — Henry Adams · 1907Fame1 quote
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies. — Henry Adams · 1907Freedom1 quote
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. — William Hazlitt · 1819Freedom of the press1 quote
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. — A.J. Liebling · 1960Great men1 quote
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men. — Lord Acton · 1887Guns1 quote
You see in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend—those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig. — Blondie · 1966Horses1 quote
Four things greater than all things are,—
Women and Horses and Power and War. — Rudyard Kipling · 1890Human nature1 quote
I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651International politics1 quote
Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table. — George Shultz · 1986Love1 quote
Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other. — Carl Jung · 1912Love of freedom1 quote
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. — William Hazlitt · 1819Love of power1 quote
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. — William Hazlitt · 1819Loving others1 quote
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. — William Hazlitt · 1819Media1 quote
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. — A.J. Liebling · 1960Media criticism1 quote
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. — A.J. Liebling · 1960Mercy1 quote
Power is when we have every justification to kill, and we don't. — Oskar Schindler · 1993