Quotes About Dominance

No science or art considers or enjoins the interest of the stronger or superior, but only the interest of the subject and weaker

The right is nothing more than what benefits the powerful.

Where power was perceived, power was given. For his entire life Conphas had been surrounded by tutors.

Above all the mighty detest change.

This one thing every tyrant will tell you: nothing saves more lives than murder.

Where power was perceived, power was given.

History has never been dominated by majorities, but only by dedicated minorities who stand unconditionally on their faith.

repeating its words aloud, again and again like a chant: "Dominatio per malum.

Myrnin said softly. And how is it that you do not understand that HERE, in THIS place, this girl belongs to me, not to you?

From Shane's Point of View: Jester talking to Shane: What's the matter? You afraid you'd bite your skinny little girlfriend? Jester laughed. She's already someone else's, you know. I can smell the bite on her. He's marked her. Myrnin. Shut up, I said, and kicked him in the face.

Shane: Score, he said, and raised the crowbar in triumph. Who's your daddy? - Black Dawn

When giants fought, ants were crushed.

The only way to stop a rebellion is to crush it with blood and fire, and to wound them so they'll never dare to raise a hand again.

A petty kind of power is still power.

Power holds always the hidden edge of threat.

It is also an era dominated by industry, in which the right to make a dollar at whatever cost is seldom challenged.

being admired gives you more power than being feared.

freedom and civility were barriers to absolute power and to the adoration that the powerful could command of others.

the darkest desire of humankind—to hold absolute power, to control, to command obedience, to eliminate all voices of disagreement and dissent—had found its full expression.

These are very powerful people.

He is enchanted by the power of the law and by the infinite ways that the system can be manipulated to achieve any desired end.

Increasingly, everywhere in the world, people are not governed by those who wish to serve them, but ruled by those mad with power and determined to have total submission. They seem ever more fiercely inspired to greater ruthlessness. They call their hatred justice and see it as a virtue.

Nazis and communists have a lot in common,' Alex said. 'They want the same thing – absolute control, unqualified power.

China's ultimate prize is East Asian hegemony, which is probably inevitable in any event. China's eventual regional ascendancy will spell the end of the Pax Americana in East Asia.