--- title: "8 Seized Power Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Seized Power quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Seized Power sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/friedrich-august-von-hayek-141_building_socialistic-economic-planning-regulation_162331.jpg" --- > [ \[Socialistic\] economic planning, regulation, and intervention pave the way to totalitarianism by building a power structure that will inevitably be seized by… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-august-von-hayek/socialistic-economic-planning-regulation-and-intervention-pave-the/) [Friedrich August von Hayek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-august-von-hayek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/friedrich-august-von-hayek-141_building_socialistic-economic-planning-regulation_162331.jpg) > [It is quite clear, however, that there won't be any real changes with the current clan structure having seized power in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-kasparov/it-is-quite-clear-however-that-there-won-t-be-any-real-changes-with/) [Garry Kasparov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-kasparov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/garry-kasparov-910_clans_it-is-quite-clear-however-that-there-won_429006.png) > [I have been seized by the power of a great affection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/i-have-been-seized-by-the-power-of-a-great-affection/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f4/brennan-manning-959_affection_i-have-been-seized-by-the-power-of-a-gre_493633.png) > [“Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/now-i-will-tell-you-the-answer-to-my-question-it-is-this-the-party/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdd/george-orwell-57_around-the-corner_now-i-will-tell-you-the-answer-to-my-que_765475.jpg) > [It's because it was at a time when women didn't have any power. It was so unusual for a young woman in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlo-thomas/it-s-because-it-was-at-a-time-when-women-didn-t-have-any-power-it-was/) [Marlo Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlo-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aab/marlo-thomas-8603_power_it-s-because-it-was-at-a-time-when-women_942376.jpg) > [“He had thrilled to his own power only in the throes of sex, when he didn't have the presence of mind to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-erickson/he-had-thrilled-to-his-own-power-only-in-the-throes-of-sex-when-he/) [Steve Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-erickson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1f/steve-erickson-9119_creativity_he-had-thrilled-to-his-own-power-only-in_1325534.png) > [Weapons systems the U.S. sold to the Shah of Iran wound up in the hands of Islamic militants who seized power there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-kinzer/weapons-systems-the-u-s-sold-to-the-shah-of-iran-wound-up-in-the/) [Stephen Kinzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-kinzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c3/stephen-kinzer-2514_arabia_weapons-systems-the-u-s-sold-to-the-shah_1719386.jpg) > [“And who died and made you boss?" But I knew a lost cause when I saw it and was already pulling my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-thurman/and-who-died-and-made-you-boss-but-i-knew-a-lost-cause-when-i-saw-it/) [Rob Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-thurman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/175/rob-thurman-10496_dictators_and-who-died-and-made-you-boss-but-i-kne_3089895.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/seized-power/#itemlist", "name": "Seized Power Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[Socialistic] economic planning, regulation, and intervention pave the way to totalitarianism by building a power structure that will inevitably be seized by the most power-hungry and unscrupulous.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Friedrich August von Hayek" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-august-von-hayek/socialistic-economic-planning-regulation-and-intervention-pave-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/friedrich-august-von-hayek-141_building_socialistic-economic-planning-regulation_162331.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/friedrich-august-von-hayek-141_building_socialistic-economic-planning-regulation_162331.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/friedrich-august-von-hayek-141_building_socialistic-economic-planning-regulation_162331.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[Socialistic] economic planning, regulation, and intervention pave the way to totalitarianism by building a…” — Friedrich August von Hayek", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is quite clear, however, that there won't be any real changes with the current clan structure having seized power in the course of the Karabakh conflict.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Garry Kasparov" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-kasparov/it-is-quite-clear-however-that-there-won-t-be-any-real-changes-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/garry-kasparov-910_clans_it-is-quite-clear-however-that-there-won_429006.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/garry-kasparov-910_clans_it-is-quite-clear-however-that-there-won_429006.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/garry-kasparov-910_clans_it-is-quite-clear-however-that-there-won_429006.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is quite clear, however, that there won't be any real changes with the current clan structure having…” — Garry Kasparov", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have been seized by the power of a great affection.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brennan Manning" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/i-have-been-seized-by-the-power-of-a-great-affection/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f4/brennan-manning-959_affection_i-have-been-seized-by-the-power-of-a-gre_493633.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f4/brennan-manning-959_affection_i-have-been-seized-by-the-power-of-a-gre_493633.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f4/brennan-manning-959_affection_i-have-been-seized-by-the-power-of-a-gre_493633.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have been seized by the power of a great affection.” — Brennan Manning", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently. We are different from the oligarchies of the past in that we know what we are doing. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were cowards and hypocrites. The German Nazis and the Russian Communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives. They pretended, perhaps they even believed, that they had seized power unwillingly and for a limited time, and that just around the corner there lay a paradise where human beings would be free and equal. We are not like that. We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. 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Niko slapped a shoulder holster against my chest. \"No one. Like all truly great dictators, I seized that power myself. Now finish up. 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