Quotes About Power

The weaknesses of the many make the leader possible.

Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power.

A sign of power in a man is not only when people follow what he suggests, but also when people make a conscious effort to do the exact opposite of what he suggests.

America's cultural table is set by the people living in the three bubbles - New York Washington D.C. and Hollywood.

The only point of having power it seems to me is to empower others. The only point of leadership is to inspire.

If you don't know the difference between dictatorship and leadership then you got to go back to a fifth grade civics class.

'Teamwork' is the word that bosses use when they actually mean 'Do what I say'

People in power have to be careful about what comes out of their mouth. They have to find exactly the right word that can't be attacked.

current research is showing that true leaders enjoy using their power and are comfortable with it - so comfortable, in fact, that they don't mind sharing that control when it is appropriate to do so.

We must remind our politicians that we expect them to speak honestly and to be concerned about real issues, and not simply with the obtaining or retaining of power.

The best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his subjects.

Influence is not the same as authority. Authority can be abused by influence gives.

Words have power. Use the language of leadership versus the vocabulary of a victim.

Under my leadership the Liberal Democrats would not be making polite interjections from the sidelines, we would be hammering on the doors of power.

America's still a very, very powerful symbol and a very important place of leadership for the world.

A leader, you see, is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people.

[George W. Bush] has balls. And he's a leader. Unfortunately his balls and leadership are in the service of shitty ideas. We need his balls on someone who thinks right.

Leadership is all hype. We've had three great leaders in this century-Hitler, Stalin, and Mao.

When a natural king becomes a titular king, every body is pleased and satisfied.

The real leader holds the power, not just the position.

Today, words. Tomorrow, sticks and stones. And the day after that?

We can influence people for bad or good.

A just society will appear less spectacular, and less clearly defined, than a society with totalitarian leadership, theocratic goals.

I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman but I have the heart and stomach of a King and of a King of England too.