Quotes About Power

Regardless of the cause, those in charge always seemed to be seeking power and glory for themselves.

A leader pompously voices his own views without the least hesitation. Do as I say, he proclaims. Then you, as well as your family and your village and your country and the whole world too will be secure. Gesturing grandly, he roars on about how disaster will come from ignoring him. But then, as has happened time after time, his favorite prostitute gives him the cold shoulder, and this makes him cry out desperately for the abolition of her kind.

That one's a wife, he began, and she knows only two ways to live—either she's the husband's boss or else his toy.

That's because he's desperate to have others believe him omnipotent. Pure stupidity! The world's not like that. You've got to bow before someone to get on. That's the only way—struggle ahead one step at a time while keeping the others back.

Ama içlerinden birine ufac?k da olsa gülümsersem, sadece bu bile adamlardan birinin beni kendine e? olarak seçmesi ve benim zorla evlendirilmem anlam?na gelebilir. Bir kad?n?n kaderine karar vermek için bir gülümseme yetip de art?yor.

Harada seemed quite menacing. But men of his type are sometimes so intimidated by their own grandeur that they turn into cowards.

I'm afraid I don't really have a clear understanding of the psychology of the powerful- particularly the absolutely invincible variety, which I've never met or known to exist. I'm a story writer with such feeble imaginative powers that unless I myself have experienced something, I can't write one line- I can't write a word- about it.

Güçlü kuvvetli olmak istiyordum, kaba saba de?il.

Even trees that grow big and strong still bend to the will of the wind

Democracy is a much more brilliant idea than it seems.

Don't vote for someone just because they're a part of a certain party. There have been many great leaders from the main parties, and their greatness has been based on their abilities/skills, their knowledge, their experience and their intellectual prowess. Don't let their title or party membership sway you. Look for someone who is capable, competent and responsible, who is willing to put people before power.

Fear is an excellent motivator, and voting is no exception.

Health and strength is above all gold.

Let forgiveness weave its golden thread, Healing wounds that once bled, For in its power, we transcend, And find love and peace, until the end.

Power without morality leads to abuse, and freedom without morality leads to depravity.

The person's vote does make a difference.

True capitalism can seem a lot like Nazism.

We all have the power to make little choices that can change the course of our lives forever.

Well-timed silence has more eloquence than speech.

The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.

Authority is quite degrading

The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak over the strong. It is the only tyranny that lasts.

Better the rule of One, whom all obey, than to let clamorous demagogues betray our freedom with the kiss of anarchy.