--- title: "13 Power Abused Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 13 Power Abused quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Power Abused sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d7/samuel-johnson-50_bears_no-government-power-can-be-abused-long-m_683797.png" --- > [No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/no-government-power-can-be-abused-long-mankind-will-not-bear-it/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d7/samuel-johnson-50_bears_no-government-power-can-be-abused-long-m_683797.png) > [Power which can be abused, will be abused.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-warner/power-which-can-be-abused-will-be-abused/) [Jim Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-warner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/jim-warner-72912_abused_power-which-can-be-abused-will-be-abused_1622444.jpg) > [Nothing could be more irrational than to give the people power, and to withhold from them information without which power is abused.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/nothing-could-be-more-irrational-than-to-give-the-people-power-and-to/) [James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2c/james-madison-373_giving_nothing-could-be-more-irrational-than-to_1742709.png) > [When power is for sale, then government power should be severely limited. When power is abused, then the less power the better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-reese/when-power-is-for-sale-then-government-power-should-be-severely/) [Charley Reese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-reese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/charley-reese-14592_government_when-power-is-for-sale-then-government-p_1519168.png) > [Power is something that is abused. I suppose use and abuse are in the eye of the beholder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/power-is-something-that-is-abused-i-suppose-use-and-abuse-are-in-the/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aad/frederick-lenz-8_abuse_power-is-something-that-is-abused-i-supp_1612274.jpg) > [Government power is always abused by seizing and perverting the law. And with few exceptions, government always determines what is law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-galt/government-power-is-always-abused-by-seizing-and-perverting-the-law/) [John Galt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-galt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3eb/john-galt-18783_abuse_government-power-is-always-abused-by-sei_2609281.jpg) > [Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order." - John V. Lindsay "No government power can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/those-who-suppress-freedom-always-do-so-in-the-name-of-law-and-order-2/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cd/samuel-johnson-50_bears_those-who-suppress-freedom-always-do-so_1210063.png) > [Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-green-ingersoll/nothing-discloses-real-character-like-the-use-of-power-it-is-easy-for/) [Robert Green Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-green-ingersoll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f10/robert-green-ingersoll-361_absolute-power_nothing-discloses-real-character-like-th_660718.jpg) > [No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it… There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/no-government-power-can-be-abused-long-mankind-will-not-bear-it-there/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/samuel-johnson-50_bears_no-government-power-can-be-abused-long-m_2571554.png) > [“A leader without a clear vision and plans only abuses his power because visions, dreams and plans are the fulcrum along which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/a-leader-without-a-clear-vision-and-plans-only-abuses-his-power/) [Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/israelmore-ayivor-79_abuse_a-leader-without-a-clear-vision-and-plan_2458475.jpg) > [The greater the power, the more need there is for transparency, because if the power is abused, the result can be so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/the-greater-the-power-the-more-need-there-is-for-transparency-because/) [Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/977/julian-assange-1566_abuse_the-greater-the-power-the-more-need-ther_2919195.jpg) > [When we don't pay close attention to the decisions made by our leaders, when we fail to educate ourselves about the major…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/when-we-don-t-pay-close-attention-to-the-decisions-made-by-our-2/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ac/barack-obama-17_able_when-we-don-t-pay-close-attention-to-the_668455.jpg) > [And yet even among the friends of liberty, many people are deceived into believing that government can make them safe from all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/and-yet-even-among-the-friends-of-liberty-many-people-are-deceived/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28e/ron-paul-686_achieve_and-yet-even-among-the-friends-of-libert_2887076.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/power-abused/#itemlist", "name": "Power Abused Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No government power can be abused long. 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