Quotes About Power

Authoritarian systems evolve. Authoritarianism in the Internet Age is not your old Cold War authoritarianism.

Those who want peace should prepare for war and be strong.

If this war is not fought with the greatest brutality against the bands both in the East and in the Balkans then in the foreseeable future the strength at our disposal will not be sufficient to be able to master this plague.

Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.

It's much cheaper to influence elections than it is to go to war.

Stalin's policies pushed the world into the Cold War. Putin has the potential to be equally as dangerous.

In war, the first thing that goes, when you try to take over culture, is the statues. I think we all can recall statues with their heads cut off in museums.

I was trying in 'The Power of the Dog' to write a brutally accurate in-your-face, if you will, description of 30 years in the war on drugs. And the effect that that had on people.

The war on drugs has made government more powerful, citizens less free, and hasn't helped users or addicts.

'Warcraft' by its very nature is epic in scale.

I like dealing with a peer so I can bully them. Because then, it's not bullying. It's just warfare.

If we are to be destroyed we will do it ourselves by warfare with thermonuclear weaponry.

Corporate competition is fierce, viewed by many as economic warfare where all is fair. But politics... now, this is something unique.

The leader of men in warfare can show himself to his followers only through a mask, a mask that he must make for himself, but a mask made in such form as will mark him to men of his time and place as the leader they want and need.

The Spanish Empire eventually collapsed because of its expensive taste for warfare and conquest.

If you're trying to work the art game, if you're like Andy Warhol or something, then you're in with cake-eaters of society. You want to get in with them and please them and get their money.

Believe me, it would be a long, long, cold day before I decide to warm up next to Rupert Murdoch.

If someone underestimates you because you are warm and approachable, then you have an advantage over them.

I believe in one energy that is benign, loving, warm and nurturing power.

There are a number of things that can cause your fridge to break down or lose power: electrical shorts or surges, clogged ventilation, et cetera. So it's possible that even with your temperature dial adjusted to the correct position, your fridge might be far warmer than it should be.

Al Gore, you've been a real inspiration. But a lot of other people who preach the global warming gospel aren't out to save the world. They're out to run it.

I've always been concerned about global warming. It seemed to me like working in nuclear power was a logical way to do something to help the environment.

Politicians are very experienced - maybe too experienced - at using body language to signal power and competence. But what these politicians are much more likely to struggle with, or just neglect to do altogether, is communicate warmth and trustworthiness.

It's not uncommon for people to overvalue the importance of demonstrating their competence and power, often at the expense of demonstrating their warmth.