And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters… — John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Copy Share Image
“It has been the one song of those who thirst after absolute power that the interest of the state requires that its… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“It must be admitted that such things were common coin of the period. Kingdoms were often handed over to adolescents, whose absolute… — Maurice Druon Copy Share Image
Freedom means freedom from forces and circumstances which would turn man into a thing, which would impose on man the passivity and… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“The stars and planets do not guide us. Instead, they are guided by the core of our being and reflect our physical… — Matthew A. Petti Copy Share Image
“Over the centuries, the Miriams and the Bernies and the millions like them were the fonts of free and civil societies, which… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Rulers who destroy men's freedom commonly begin by trying to retain its forms. ... They cherish the illusion that they can combine… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Pierre Bordieu was right: "The all powerful is he who does not wait but makes others wait. Absolute power is the power… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
“Creation, whether it's writing, painting or whatever, is essentially despotic and autocratic in nature, because it's the work of one mind and… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Abraham Lincoln was, in my judgment, in many respects, the grandest man ever President of the United States. Upon his monument these… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“I had known Mubarak and his wife, Suzanne, for nearly twenty years. He was a career Air Force officer who had risen… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
How can a novelist achieve atonement when, with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also God? There is no one,… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
Rights are not the language of democracy. Compromise is what democracy is about. Rights are the language of freedom, and are absolute… — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
For anyone with the traits - of feeling himself victimized, of seeking to be the strongman who resolves everything, yet sees truth… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
Do you honestly think Lenin is any different from J.P. Morgan? That you, if you were given absolute power, would behave any… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
The pure Christian State is a State in which theological law prevails. This law attains to real power or, to be more… — Bruno Bauer Copy Share Image
I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
An extensive empire must be supported by a refined system of policy and oppression; in the centre, an absolute power, prompt in… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Can anyone maintain power without lying? It looks to me like living without breathing. Morality apart, I think some evils are part… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“Absolute power could, as its defenders argued, be enlightened, beneficial, and benign. To liberals that was not enough. Absolute power could also… — Edmund Fawcett Copy Share Image
Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
People say I'm a nice girl saying terrible things. I tend to say the opposite of what I think. You hope that… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
