--- title: "12 Dangerous Power Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Dangerous Power quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Dangerous Power sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c55/isabel-allende-266_dangerous_nothing-s-as-dangerous-as-power-with-imp_1614690.jpg" --- > [Nothing's as dangerous as power with impunity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/nothing-s-as-dangerous-as-power-with-impunity/) [Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c55/isabel-allende-266_dangerous_nothing-s-as-dangerous-as-power-with-imp_1614690.jpg) > [Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/power-is-always-dangerous-power-attracts-the-worst-and-corrupts-the/) [Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/edward-abbey-254_dangerous_power-is-always-dangerous-power-attracts_979040.png) > [“Words...have always held the dangerous power to conjure things into being.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-creagh/words-have-always-held-the-dangerous-power-to-conjure-things-into/) [Kelly Creagh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-creagh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/kelly-creagh-4375_language_words-have-always-held-the-dangerous-pow_3115177.jpg) > [A fool is very dangerous when in power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-fonvizin/a-fool-is-very-dangerous-when-in-power/) [Denis Fonvizin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-fonvizin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e70/denis-fonvizin-106405_dangerous_a-fool-is-very-dangerous-when-in-power-4_478648.png) > [The power of collecting and disbursing money at pleasure is the most dangerous power that can be intrusted to man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crockett/the-power-of-collecting-and-disbursing-money-at-pleasure-is-the-most/) [David Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crockett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87b/david-crockett-44659_money_the-power-of-collecting-and-disbursing-m_322773.jpg) > [“The power of collecting and disbursing money at pleasure is the most dangerous power that can be entrusted to man”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crockett/the-power-of-collecting-and-disbursing-money-at-pleasure-is-the-most-2/) [David Crockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crockett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c52/david-crockett-44659_money_the-power-of-collecting-and-disbursing-m_2803938.jpg) > [The accretion of dangerous power does not come in a day. It does come, however slowly, from the generative force of unchecked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-frankfurter/the-accretion-of-dangerous-power-does-not-come-in-a-day-it-does-come/) [Felix Frankfurter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-frankfurter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59e/felix-frankfurter-7424_assertion_the-accretion-of-dangerous-power-does-no_2554894.png) > [Some use it as a weapon, others as a shield. Without it, you would most likely die. With it, you are weak.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/babloo/some-use-it-as-a-weapon-others-as-a-shield-without-it-you-would-most/) [Babloo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/babloo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d6/babloo-159_power_some-use-it-as-a-weapon-others-as-a-shie_2283854.jpg) > [All stories have a curious and even dangerous power. They are manifestations of truth -- yours and mine. And truth is all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/all-stories-have-a-curious-and-even-dangerous-power-they-are/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d2/vera-nazarian-1671_careful_all-stories-have-a-curious-and-even-dang_710515.png) > [The will to power, as the modern age from Hobbes to Nietzsche understood it, far from being a characteristic of the strong,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-arendt/the-will-to-power-as-the-modern-age-from-hobbes-to-nietzsche/) [Hannah Arendt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-arendt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/hannah-arendt-610_age_the-will-to-power-as-the-modern-age-from_2945099.jpg) > [That's what Judith Herman is saying, and she's absolutely right. Power then breeds an intensification of all because the power can never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/that-s-what-judith-herman-is-saying-and-she-s-absolutely-right-power/) [Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/donald-trump-18_absolute-power_that-s-what-judith-herman-is-saying-and_965467.jpg) > [For anyone with the traits - of feeling himself victimized, of seeking to be the strongman who resolves everything, yet sees truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jay-lifton/for-anyone-with-the-traits-of-feeling-himself-victimized-of-seeking/) [Robert Jay Lifton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jay-lifton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0af/robert-jay-lifton-13917_absolute-power_for-anyone-with-the-traits-of-feeling-hi_2601939.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dangerous-power/#itemlist", "name": "Dangerous Power Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nothing's as dangerous as power with impunity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Isabel Allende" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/nothing-s-as-dangerous-as-power-with-impunity/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c55/isabel-allende-266_dangerous_nothing-s-as-dangerous-as-power-with-imp_1614690.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c55/isabel-allende-266_dangerous_nothing-s-as-dangerous-as-power-with-imp_1614690.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c55/isabel-allende-266_dangerous_nothing-s-as-dangerous-as-power-with-imp_1614690.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nothing's as dangerous as power with impunity.” — Isabel Allende", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Power is always dangerous. 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