Quotes About Power

The world of power and property required that a man be suspicious, demanding, and insistent.

Earl Roland had prospered in the last ten years—under Queen Isabella and, later, her son Edward III—and he wanted the world to know it, as rich and powerful men generally did. In

International politics is like a glass. Aggressive moves by either side pour water in. The overflow is war.

He was right about that. A secret was a weapon. But more than that, the possession of knowledge that others did not share always filled Rollo with elation. He could hug it to himself at night and feel powerful.

Han aplastado a la nobleza. —Pero también a la prensa que estaba en su contra.

dislikes the work of governing, but I'm fascinated by it." Aldred put in: "Women sometimes do it well. King Alfred of England had a daughter called Ethelfled

who ruled the great region of Mercia after her husband died. She fortified towns and won battles.

PreoÈ›ii deÈ›ineau o putere care nu era întodeauna egalat? de cunoÈ™tinÈ›ele pe care le aveau.

O s? înveÈ›i în timp c? oamenii puternici nu dau niciodat? dovad? de recunoÈ™tin??. Orice-ar primi consider? c? li se cuvine.

Nosotros pertenecemos a la nobleza —dijo su padre—. No tenemos por qué atender a las necesidades de unos simples mercaderes.

When he thought about how he had been slighted, condescended to, manipulated and deceived, he became angry. Obedience was a monastic virtue, but outside the cloisters it had its drawbacks, he thought bitterly. The world of power and property demanded that a man be suspicious, demanding, and insistent.

Pero entonces siempre hay una excusa para que la élite tenga sus privilegios especiales.

presidente más que Nixon podría haber sido tan arrogante y estúpido.

Exactly. What about Rhodesia, and Barbados, and India? We can't be expected to ask the natives' permission before we civilize them.

Lo hemos conseguido —pensó—. Hemos organizado una revolución.» «Hemos derrocado al zar.»

Ya no había representantes elegidos democráticamente, todos los diputados del Reichstag eran nazis. Tampoco había auténticos periodistas, solo aduladores serviles.

Grey quoted Gladstone, asking "whether, under the circumstances of the case, this country, endowed as it is with influence and power, would quietly stand by and witness the perpetration of the direst crime that ever stained the pages of history, and thus become participators in the sin?

The Americans encircle us. They have troops in Japan, South Korea, Guam, Singapore, and Australia. As well as that, the Philippines and Vietnam are friends of the US. The Americans did the same thing to the Soviet Union—they called it 'containment.' And in the end the Russian Revolution was strangled. We have to avoid the fate of the Soviets, but we won't do it at the UN. Sooner or later we will have to smash the ring.

Obedience was a monastic virtue, but outside the cloisters it had its drawbacks, he thought bitterly. The world of power and property required that a man be suspicious, demanding, and insistent.

PART THREE 1566 to 1573

mind back to his dilemma. What do we do in politics

This was worse than a Fascist march: it was a Fascist march with police authority. What kind of message did that send to the Jews of the East End?

So much hangs on the decisions of a small number of poorly educated people." "That's democracy.

Vyacheslav Molotov. But what could Molotov do? The Fascists