Quotes About Power

A dictatorship is a country where they have taken the politics out of politics.

One of the (many) problems with government is that they are usually so preoccupied with whether or not they can do something that they fail to consider whether or not they should.

I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interests.

In order to become the master the politician poses as the servant.

You know very well that whether you are on page one or page thirty depends on whether they fear you. It is just as simple as that.

Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by mself.

A politician has an axe to grindWith which he aims to chop off half your mind.

Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad get even.

Money is the mother's milk of politics.

A politician is a person who can make waves and then make you think he's the only one who can save the ship.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city it might be better to change the locks.

They pick a president and then for four years they pick on him.

Politics is but the common pulsebeat of which revolution is the feverspasm.

The statesman shears the sheep the politician skins them.

As long as I count the votes what are you going to do about it?

The most powerful force in American politics is not anger, it's nostalgia.

With each passing day, I become more and more convinced that the greatest threat to American freedom is the United States government.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure.

Your mind is a powerful thing. When you filter it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.

The person with the biggest dreams is more powerful than the person with all the answers.

You can not entertain weak, harmful, negative thoughts ten hours a day and expect to bring about beautiful, strong and harmonious conditions by ten minutes of strong, positive, creative thought.

I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it.

When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.