Quotes About Power

In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren

What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.

Knowledge is Power, and it's very lightweight.

A standing army, however necessary it may be at some times, is always dangerous to the liberties of the people. Such power should be watched with a jealous eye.

Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.

The tyranny of the many would be when one body takes over the rights of others, and then exercises its power to change the laws in its favor.

The power to tax involves the power to destroy;...the power to destroy may defeat and render useless the power to create.

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.

In a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of every citizen.

King has absolute power. And what he has given he can taken away.

The river Rhine, it is well known, Doth wash your city of Cologne; But tell me, nymphs! what power divine Shall henceforth wash the river Rhine?

We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.

If you care about other people, you might try to organize to undermine power and authority. That's not going to happen if you care only about yourself.

Information is power, and the gain you get from empowering your associates more than offsets the risk of informing your competitor.

Power is the near neighbour of necessity.

The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear power.

As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of infallibility that they do their utmost to ignore truth.

I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death.

Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action, and directed to a definite end.

Breath is the power behind all things… I breathe in and know that good things will happen.

Deception is a developed art of civilization and the most potent weapon in the game of power

ORPHAN, n. A living person whom death has deprived of the power of filial ingratitude . . .

In the case of an airplane, speed is determined by the outcome of the conflict between thrust of the power and drag of the plane. So it also is with humans.