Quotes About Power

I have always had the ability to attach my demons to my chariot. And they have been forced to make themselves useful.

So, in bigger-picture Machiavellian scheme of things, it transpires that the mind must be disposed of, with special emphasis on its detecting components. There are two traditional methods for achieve something like this – to keep people, in general, as stupid and illiterate as possible, and, if that doesn't work, to keep their minds fixated on the objective

For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.

I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up!

If you believe what you say, words become reality.

You know who has tenure? The pope has tenure. The Queen of England has tenure. So does Fidel and the communists - because they represent the people, of course (scoff). Federal judges have tenure as well - no federal judge has ever successfully been removed. And then there's the college professors. Me. How do you like that?

The baby kicked like a demon

They were confident and cunning. They weren't mucking around looking for nuclear weapon secret sloppy seconds in America. They could care less about America. They were busy with the whole world domination thing.

on the famous Lord Acton line: "Power kills, and absolute power kills absolutely.

history have noted that the sheer concentration of power in government is lethal—that only a sense of absolute unchecked power can make atrocities like the Rape of Nanking possible.

Your prayers are powerful. To resist is to take action; it is not being passive. It means you take a stand and don't budge, come wind or high water. You stand on God's promises while confessing His Word. When you do this, then God does the rest.

But it's natural for men to compete against each other. We've been doing it since the cave days. Why else do we have wars? Wars are competition, no matter what the politicians call them.

I'm only Superman, I'm not God.

Mussolini, like all other dictators, is betrayed by his own men.

Words spoken, you are a slave to; those not said, you are the master of.

you have to hate anyone who can dismiss you, even if they're good to you, because you work for them and not with them.

Love does not exist, it's like religion, the state wants you to believe in that kind of crap so they can control you, and f**k your head up.

For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual.

Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.

Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.

Society now hovers over mankind like a crushing weight, sometimes it seems with a willful malevolence.

Was the process of institutionalization both so powerful and subtle, that I could be aware of it and yet be unable to resist?

What rules the world is ideas, because ideas define the way reality is perceived.

Power breeds responsibilities […] To dodge or disclaim these responsibilities is one form of the abuse of power.