Quotes About Power

Emperor Concerto

The arbitrary power of wicked men

El hombre que se jacta de conocer la voluntad de Dios y está dispuesto a cumplirla a toda costa es el hombre más peligroso del mundo».

No hay ninguna ley que afirme que

rapists aren't really interested in sex. What they enjoy is having power over a woman, and dominating her, and scaring her, and hurting her. He picked someone who looked as if she would be easily frightened.

Les gens du peuple dévisageaient toujours avec une curiosité fascinée les enfants qui seraient un jour leurs suzerains. Dans ce tribunal chargé de punir la violence, la rapine et la malhonnêteté, ces deux garçons innocents faisaient songer à des agneaux égarés dans une porcherie.

If we have nuclear weapons, why can't we use them?

In Germany the police had supported the Nazis and sided with the Brownshirts. Would they do the same here? Surely

hombres de poder jamás muestran gratitud. Démosles lo que les demos, lo aceptan como un derecho.

The parents cannot sell what they do not own, namely the freedom of a grown man.

su desaprobación era como las repentinas ráfagas de viento del norte del enero moscovita.

They have no tsar in America—no emperor or king of any kind. The army can't just shoot anyone they like. The people rule the country!" She

pero, sobre todo, la implacable determinación de su fiera mirada de ojos

Democracy is a terrible way to run a country, isn't it?" she said.

Philip stepped forward to whip the king. He was glad he had lived to see this. After today, he thought, the world will never be quite the same.

Este es nuestro país, y debemos tomar el control de él, tal y como han hecho los bolcheviques en Rusia

My fate is in the hands of two monarchs, Walter thought, the tsar and the emperor. One is foolish, the other geriatric; yet they control the destiny of Maud and me and countless millions more Europeans. What an argument against monarchy! He

and Wilson was looking for a pretext to unseat him. Gus was thrilled that a world leader would say it was not acceptable for men to achieve power through murder. Would there come a day when that principle was accepted by all nations? The

hemos ganado —se dijo—. Somos los vencedores. El pueblo ha derrocado a sus opresores.»

Existe um ditado que diz: se você deve 100 dólares, está na palma da mão do banco; mas, se deve um milhão, é o banco que está na palma da sua mão.

He needs an overall majority to turn Germany into the brutal dictatorship he wants." "Will he get it?" Ethel asked. "No," said Walter. "Yes," said Maud. Walter said: "I don't believe the German people will ever actually vote for a dictatorship.

El hombre que se jacta de conocer la voluntad de Dios y está dispuesto a cumplirla a toda costa es el hombre más peligroso del mundo.

La classe ouvrière est beaucoup plus nombreuse que la classe dirigeante, et plus forte. Ces gens là dépendent entièrement de nous. C'est nous qui produisons leur nourriture, qui construisons leurs maisons, qui fabriquons leurs vêtements. Sans nous, ils sont morts. Ils ne peuvent pas se permettre n'importe quoi, sauf si nous les laissons faire. N'oublie jamais ça.

You know politicians', Rosa said. 'They're sensitive as schoolgirls, and more vengeful.