Quotes About Power

The dead hand of society's inertia and the financial interest of the elite minority hold us back as a species. They govern us so they can continue to govern us.

Code could do anything. Code could save the world.

But all we have now is rule by rich people, the ones who keep ninety percent of the world in relative poverty so their unbalanced market can continue paying for a lifestyle of total excess.

From Bonney's position it was as if a small fusion bomb had detonated above her, sending its billowing mushroom cloud hurtling downwards. "All this," she cried disbelievingly, "for me?

You think that isn't you? You believe you are noble and kind? Do you know how the dominance works?

Now, let me tell you what's going to happen," Castillito said, righting her chair. "If I don't walk out of here within another two hours, details of your Eliter heritage will be anonymously delivered to Gorlan and your precious Stonal.

Secrecy is like oxygen to politicians and defense forces; there's always got to be some of it to keep them going.

Who wants to wind up living in a theocracy?

I was never a dictator, I just had a huge amount of political clout.

I've never met a good politician.

What is it every authoritarian government says? If you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear.

Politicians are its creatures, too. They are the easiest of all humans to corrupt.

knowledge is a true power in any society

Politicians see conspiracies everywhere

Hurting them financially weakens them, and reduces their power over the workers they exploit.

Slvasta's revolution destroyed his dictatorship

It's not governments I have an issue with—or not the concept of democratic government, anyway. But all we have now is rule by rich people, the ones who keep ninety percent of the world in relative poverty so their unbalanced market can continue paying for a lifestyle of total excess.

For good reasons at the time," the King ruminated. "Those damn atheists with their helium3 monopoly have so much power over us Adamists.

Even your cruelty is a joy, Mistress.

Give the people the illusion of democracy, with a few elected councils that've been given power over local trivia, while you control anything that really matters directly through the economy.

And it was quite difficult to insert, wasn't it, girls? You know, I actually had to hold them down to do it, there was so much girly squealing and wiggling. And look at them now, happy to do as they're told.

Underneath the drones, the pedestrians and board riders along Plough Lane had stopped to look around in confusion as power and digital connectivity was taken from them—basic human rights since before they were born

If you don't call them off, I will personally rip your fucking arkship apart molecule by molecule with all of you in it," Gore was yelling. "You think the Void is a bad thing? Do you, huh? You believe that? Because let me tell you: It is your mommy with her titty out for you to suck on compared to me.

Have you ever been rich, Detective?" "That's Hoshe, and no, I've never been rich." "They really don't live by the same rules as anyone else. Whatever they want to do, they just do it. I