Power Quotes by Mason Cooley

Intelligence without power cannibalizes itself.

— Mason Cooley

The power of the past does not depend on our knowledge of it.

— Mason Cooley

Lawyers may reason powerfully, but power settles most issues.

— Mason Cooley

History goes out of control almost as often as nature does.

— Mason Cooley

Authority is conferred by position, not character.

— Mason Cooley

The party out of office becomes the articulate one.

— Mason Cooley

Money: power at its most liquid.

— Mason Cooley

Who would not give up wit for power and beauty?

— Mason Cooley

If you have no power, talk about your influence. If you have power, talk about the constraints that hem you in.

— Mason Cooley

Out of power, Marxism can develop critical intelligence; in power, it quickly becomes stupid.

— Mason Cooley

The more powerless people are, the longer they are kept waiting.

— Mason Cooley

Knowledge and power in the city; peace and decency in the country.

— Mason Cooley

I am the center of the world, but the control panel seems to be somewhere else.

— Mason Cooley

The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed.

— Mason Cooley

Errors are more numerous than truths, but fortunately too divided among themselves to take power.

— Mason Cooley

Children must be protected not because they are innocent but because they are powerless.

— Mason Cooley

Power makes gods. Virtue makes martyrs.

— Mason Cooley

Helplessness is a mighty power.

— Mason Cooley

Everyone values the good nature of a man with a gun.

— Mason Cooley

The vices of youth now exceed my powers, but not my fancy.

— Mason Cooley

All the powers of imagination combine in hypochondria.

— Mason Cooley

The lion cares less about being king of the beasts than about finding his dinner.

— Mason Cooley