--- title: "2 Absolute power Quotes By Albert Camus" description: "2 Absolute power quotes by Albert Camus. Plus more from Albert Camus and more Absolute power sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9d/albert-camus-47_absolute-power_the-entire-history-of-mankind-is-in-any_1913989.jpg" --- > [The entire history of mankind is, in any case, nothing but a prolonged fight to the death for the conquest of universal prestige and absolute power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-entire-history-of-mankind-is-in-any-case-nothing-but-a-prolonged/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9d/albert-camus-47_absolute-power_the-entire-history-of-mankind-is-in-any_1913989.jpg) > [Powerful, yes, that is the word that I constantly rolled on my tongue, I dreamed of absolute power, the kind that forces others tokneel, that forces the enemy to capitulate, finally converting him, and the more the enemy is blind,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/powerful-yes-that-is-the-word-that-i-constantly-rolled-on-my-tongue-i/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d22/albert-camus-47_absolute-power_powerful-yes-that-is-the-word-that-i-con_2888517.jpg) ## Other authors on Absolute power - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lord-acton-61079.jpg) Lord Acton 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolute-power/lord-acton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-eric-hoffer-33497.jpg) Eric Hoffer 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolute-power/eric-hoffer/) - [Bangambiki Habyarimana 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolute-power/bangambiki-habyarimana/) ## More by Albert Camus > [“The whole town rushed outside to celebrate this crowded minute when the time of suffering had ended and the time of forgetting had not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-whole-town-rushed-outside-to-celebrate-this-crowded-minute-when/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [Generally, I like all islands. There, it is easier to rule.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/generally-i-like-all-islands-there-it-is-easier-to-rule/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [Being is good, but getting rich is better… If the gods had only the riches of men's adoration, they would be as poor as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/being-is-good-but-getting-rich-is-better-if-the-gods-had-only-the/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [The more I produce, the less I am certain. On the road along which the artist walks, night falls ever more densely. Finally, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-more-i-produce-the-less-i-am-certain-on-the-road-along-which-the/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [“Having been, not only mutilated in our country, wounded in our very flesh, but also divested of our most beautiful images, for you gave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/having-been-not-only-mutilated-in-our-country-wounded-in-our-very/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [I've seen of enough of people who die for an idea. I don't believe in heroism; I know it's easy and I've learned it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/i-ve-seen-of-enough-of-people-who-die-for-an-idea-i-don-t-believe-in/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [The best are led to make greater demands upon themselves. As for those who succumb, they did not deserve to survive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-best-are-led-to-make-greater-demands-upon-themselves-as-for-those/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [“Then he asked me if I wasn’t interested in a change of life. I said that people never change their lives, that in any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/then-he-asked-me-if-i-wasn-t-interested-in-a-change-of-life-i-said/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/life-is-meaningless-but-worth-living-provided-you-recognize-it-s/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [Thinking of the future, establishing aims for oneself, having preferences-all this presupposes a belief in freedom, even if one occasionally ascertains that one doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/thinking-of-the-future-establishing-aims-for-oneself-having/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [I explained to him, however, that my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/i-explained-to-him-however-that-my-nature-was-such-that-my-physical/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-only-way-to-deal-with-an-unfree-world-is-to-become-so-absolutely/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [“We love people not because for good they did for us, but for good we did for them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/we-love-people-not-because-for-good-they-did-for-us-but-for-good-we/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [You have so much inside you, and the noblest happiness of all. Don’t just wait for a man to come along. That’s the mistake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/you-have-so-much-inside-you-and-the-noblest-happiness-of-all-don-t/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-desire-for-possession-is-insatiable-to-such-a-point-that-it-can/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolute-power/albert-camus/#itemlist", "name": "2 Absolute power Quotes By Albert Camus", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The entire history of mankind is, in any case, nothing but a prolonged fight to the death for the conquest of universal prestige and absolute power.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Camus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-entire-history-of-mankind-is-in-any-case-nothing-but-a-prolonged/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9d/albert-camus-47_absolute-power_the-entire-history-of-mankind-is-in-any_1913989.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9d/albert-camus-47_absolute-power_the-entire-history-of-mankind-is-in-any_1913989.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9d/albert-camus-47_absolute-power_the-entire-history-of-mankind-is-in-any_1913989.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The entire history of mankind is, in any case, nothing but a prolonged fight to the death for the conquest…” — Albert Camus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Powerful, yes, that is the word that I constantly rolled on my tongue, I dreamed of absolute power, the kind that forces others tokneel, that forces the enemy to capitulate, finally converting him, and the more the enemy is blind, cruel, sure of himself, buried in his conviction, the more his admission proclaims the royalty of he who has brought on his defeat.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert Camus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/powerful-yes-that-is-the-word-that-i-constantly-rolled-on-my-tongue-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d22/albert-camus-47_absolute-power_powerful-yes-that-is-the-word-that-i-con_2888517.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d22/albert-camus-47_absolute-power_powerful-yes-that-is-the-word-that-i-con_2888517.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d22/albert-camus-47_absolute-power_powerful-yes-that-is-the-word-that-i-con_2888517.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Powerful, yes, that is the word that I constantly rolled on my tongue, I dreamed of absolute power, the kind…” — Albert Camus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolute-power/albert-camus/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolute-power/albert-camus/", "name": "Absolute power Quotes by Albert Camus", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolute-power/albert-camus/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9d/albert-camus-47_absolute-power_the-entire-history-of-mankind-is-in-any_1913989.jpg" }, "description": "2 Absolute power quotes by Albert Camus. 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