It is not power itself, but the legitimation of the lust for power, which corrupts absolutely — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The cause of all these evils was the lust for power arising from greed and ambition; and from these passions proceeded the… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
The State acquires power... and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The… — Frank Chodorov Copy Share Image
“But the lust for power never dies- men cannot have enough. No one will lift a hand to send it from his… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
“His own work within government had taught him that there are virtually no limits to a man’s greed and lust for power… — C.A. Fail Copy Share Image
“If you are my food, how am I supposed to feel pity towards you? That would mean starvation for me. “A hungry… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“Man was created with an aspiration for significance, which is a virtue. Man can pervert that drive into a lust for power,… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
It is only when it takes the form of physical addiction that sex is evil. It is also evil when it manifests… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“Everybody wants power. Power in some form or other. [...] Some people want power to persecute other human beings; you expend your… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
History is full of people who out of fear, or ignorance, or lust for power has destroyed knowledge of immeasurable value which… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Once you are in power, never forget those who put you there. Deal with those who think they can do better than… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“The danger is not Islam or Christianity or any other religion. It is the human heart—the capacity we all have for evil.… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“Ackx must have owed him big time,” Q said in his drawly Clint Eastwood voice. “A favour like that doesn’t come cheap.”… — Frank Lambert Copy Share Image
Drill and uniforms impose an architecture on the crowd. An army's beautiful. But that's not all; it panders to lower instincts than… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Within the next generation I believe that the world's leaders will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Man has but little heeded the advice of the wise men. He has been - fatefully, if not willingly - less virtuous,… — Ralph Bunche Copy Share Image
Chief among the forces affecting political folly is lust for power, named by Tacitus as "the most flagrant of all the passions."… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
“I've an insatiable craving inside me that consumes everything and makes me regard the sufferings and joys of others only in their… — Mikhail Lermontov Copy Share Image
“Within the next generation I believe that the world’s rulers will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“I know who you are," she said. "You're my enemy. The true believer. The righteous man with the righteous mission. The one… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
We are living in a sex mad world. A world in which is polluted with pornography and profanity, a world of corruption… — Sessah-Odai Sadick Copy Share Image
“We Lannisters do have a certain pride," said Tyrion Lannister. “Pride?” Catelyn snapped. His mocking tone and easy manner made her angry.… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
We are all members of the same flawed species. Putting our moral vision into practice means imposing our will on others. The… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“There are six canons of conservative thought: 1) Belief in a transcendent order, or body of natural law, which rules society as… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
“And each and every one, it seems, falls to stagnation, and in that stagnation evil men rise, through greed or lust for… — R.A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
“We have reason. It is the entire meaning and purpose of Shangri-La. It came to me in a vision long, long ago.… — James Hilton Copy Share Image
“Led by the party’s founder, Anton Drexler, they drew up an indictment of the would-be dictator and circulated it as a pamphlet.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And the Enemy, the Destroyer, senses the surface truth that this Jesus is a threat, so he targets Him for destruction. Lucifer… — Rick Lawrence Copy Share Image
“As the Christian world is celebrating the Nativity once again, the roar of the guns, the cries of the dying and the… — Walt Elias Disney Copy Share Image
The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Chaos does not unify. Chaos only serves the most extreme elements of society that seek to destabilize any semblance of order to… — Daniel Lubetzky Copy Share Image
With the plundered people transferring their energies into relaxed and receptive thoughts, degradation and lust for power produced art. — Peter Weiss Copy Share Image
“If anyone rises to power, it's not only because he could, but also because the stars were aligned in his favor. Many… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
Some things transcend politics and policy and the lust for power. Truth, honesty, integrity, decency and fairness are immutable values. They are… — Michael Short Copy Share Image
“David was "a star, the Elvis of the Bible." An unusually for such a rockstar with his lust for power, lust for… — Bono Copy Share Image
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