Quotes About Dominance

When the lion falls the lesser beasts move in: the jackals and the vultures and the feral dogs.

El poder reside donde los hombres creen que reside.

My trees, they said, you can't eat them apples. My stream, you can't fish here. My wood, you're not t' hunt. My earth, my water, my castle, my daughter, keep your hands away or I'll chop 'em off, but maybe if you kneel t' me I'll let you have a sniff.

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity.

The worship of power is an old religion.

The man who is not permitted to own is owned.

We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to protecting our national interests, we must take the leadership in protecting the common interests of humanity.

If this were a dictatorship it would be a heck of a lot easier... as long as I'm the dictator. Hehehe.

Money, we know, will fetch anything and command the service of any man.

He was a big, bony man. Iron muscles shaped his jacket sleeves and quickly wore through new trousers. He had a way of imposing himself just by standing there.

You may have married her, but she is mine. Do you think I shall let you take her? She may be ten times your wife, but, by God, you shall never have her.

Power makes slaves of us all." & "A habit unchecked, becomes a necessity." - Ed and Luran Warren

Influence or affluence; take your choice.

The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it.

An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man.

Intelligence is not all that important in the exercise of power and is often, in point of fact, useless. Just as a leader doesn't need intelligence, a man in my job doesn't need too much of it either.

Possession is eleven points in the law.

When you come into the presence of a leader of men, you know that you have come into the presence of fire - that it is best not uncautiously to touch that man - that there is something that makes it dangerous to cross him.

This is the Law of the Yukon, that only the strong shall thrive; That surely the weak shall perish, and only the fit survive.

How a minority, Reaching majority, Seizing authority, Hates a minority!

I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.

Let them obey that know not how to rule.

Time is the king of men.