Quotes About Power

Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.

For there below ground sits the Dark God, strong to call men to judgment; he sees all, and writes it in his memory.

Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare; And beauty draws us with a single hair.

It must not be forgotten that it is especially dangerous to enslave men in the minor details of life.

True, it is evil that a single man should crush the herd, but see not there the worse form of slavery, which is when the herd crushes out the man.

Even the best of men in authority are liable to be corrupted by passion. We may conclude then that the law is reason without passion, and it is therefore preferable to any individual.

A little man makes a mistake and they hang him by the thumbs; the big ones become ambassadors.

The creator's concern is the conquest of nature. The parasite's concern is the conquest of men.

There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man's reasoning powers.

Washington newspaper men know everything.

Whenever all men are...hastening to be slaves or tyrants we make Liberalism the prime bogey.

The weight of great power crushes the goodness of the man who rules and the honesty of those who are ruled.

In my opinion, any man who can afford to buy a newspaper should not be allowed to own one.

A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge, for if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into captivity by some evil power in the other world.

I see it is impossible for the King to have things done as cheap as other men.

Any man can fart in a closed room and say that he commands the wind

The rich is the one that rules over those of little means, and the borrower is servant to the man doing the lending.

You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.

It is an illusion to suppose that a Dictator makes himself; at most he seizes an opportunity made for him by passive, stupid, incompetent, and above all, unsatisfied and fearful men.

By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.

Whoso has sixpence is sovereign (to the length of sixpence) over all men; commands cooks to feed him, philosophers to teach him, kings to mount guard over him,to the length of sixpence.

History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of the spirit of tyranny.

Our judges are as honest as other men and not more so. They have, with others, the same passions for party, for power, and the privilege of their corps.

Offices are not powerful because they exist; men make them so. Rights are not honored because they exist; men compel their recognition.