“He probably wanted real power, the power to direct one's environment towards a harmonious end, and not fictitious power, the power to… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
Let him leave the imperial court, who wishes to be virtuous. Virtue and absolute power cannot coexist. — Lucan Copy Share Image
“A stone thrown up into the air is bound to fall down, and absolute power is like a huge stone thrown up… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Absolute power corrupts absolutely; and if you surrender your personal responsibility to a government which promises to take care of you, they… — Howard Nemerov Copy Share Image
Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride, the omnipotence of clear thinking, belief… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
The mistakes (of leaders) are amplified by the numbers who follow them without question. Charismatic leaders tend to build up followings, power… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Absolute power is universally coveted, though all know that an absolute ruler has an anxious life and usually a violent death.” — Isocrates Copy Share Image
“The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Well, I have an interest in power. I have an interest in people who find themselves in the position to exercise absolute… — Boyd Rice Copy Share Image
To try to reform all the power structures at once would leave us with no power structure to use in our project.… — Michael Polanyi Copy Share Image
The president has the power to sign or veto a bill. If he signs it, it becomes law. If he vetoes it,… — Richard Painter Copy Share Image
Imagination, which in truth Is but another name for absolute power And clearest insight, amplitude of mind, And reason, in her most… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
“At this point we can finally see what's really at stake in our peculiar habit of defining ourselves simultaneously as master and… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
There are similarities between absolute power and absolute faith: a demand for absolute obedience, a readiness to attempt the impossible, a bias… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“Fear and want are subjective; and poverty is the absence of wealth. If it were promised that from the hour of his… — Isabel Paterson Copy Share Image
“When, over the following months, Minta Randall found that Eustace apparently reciprocated her profoundest and most secret feelings, she thought she had… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Countless people have attempted to define the absolute power of the world of nature. Some praise it as god, some call it… — Koichi Tohei Copy Share Image
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure? — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
“Let no one ever intimidate you, you are standing on no one's ground. But again, some have claimed the earth as their… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“Many years ago I was so innocent I still considered it possible that we could become the humane and reasonable America so… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Over the times thou hast no power. . . . Solely over one man thou hast quite absolute power. Him redeem and make honest. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“Christian political theory does not adhere to a passive conservatism. nor is it enamored of progress. It is conservative in principles, but… — Heinrich A. Rommen Copy Share Image
