Quotes About Power

I want to stay humble, but I have to talk because the other guys talk too much, and... I understand the crazy power the UFC PR machine has.

The man who doesn't want anything is invincible.

Religion is like a personal computer. You let people in if you want to... We're all gods.

People are terrified of me, and I want them to be.

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

I'm a Leninist. Lenin wanted to destroy the state, and that's my goal, too.

When you have enough power to do what you always wanted to do, then you see what the guy always wanted to do.

I've always wanted to own and control the primary technology in everything we do.

Life has sweetness to it and a beauty and a power that I wanted to celebrate.

The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way.

I want to be what I've always wanted to be: dominant.

I've said it before: Barack Obama is really the president Richard Nixon always wanted to be. You know, he's been allowed to act unilaterally in a way that we've fought for decades.

I was very short when I was little, so I probably had - and there may be a residue of it now - that Napoleon complex. Wanting to be as big and as powerful as the big guys.

Liberalism has never been about establishing a universal standard. Liberalism is simply intellectual cover for those wanting to gain political power and increase the size of the state.

The richest persons in Africa are heads of state, governors and ministers. So every 'educated' African who wants to be rich - and there is nothing wrong with wanting to be rich - heads straight into government or politics.

If this phrase of the 'balance of power' is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting, and peace can never be secure.

You can't win with some people. If you're not in government, you're criticised for being not serious. If you are in government, you're criticised for wanting power. That's the Labour party's line of attack, and it's a bit ridiculous.

I have a very genuine care for individuals; I have a very genuine sense of the power of individuals to make a difference, a very genuine belief that people matter, a very genuine belief of wanting the very best for individuals.

I'm not afraid of wanting money at all. Money will give me more power to do things that are truer to my spirit than what I'm already doing.

Power might feel tasty and good in the moment, but it will never be satisfying, never fill you up. Yep, no matter how much power you get, you will always feel empty. You just keep wanting more and more power.

The predator wants your silence. It feeds their power, entitlement, and they want it to feed your shame.

Fighting means you could lose. Bullying means you can't. A bully wants to beat somebody; he doesn't want to fight somebody.

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

The State thrives on war - unless, of course, it is defeated and crushed - expands on it, glories in it.