Abuse Quote by Alexander Hamilton

A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.

— Alexander Hamilton

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

— Lincoln Steffens

Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.

— William James

Unfortunately, however, power is sweet, and the man who in the beginning seeks power merely in order to have scope for his benevolence is…

— Bertrand Russell

Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story.

— Lincoln Steffens

Power is, in its nature, encroaching; and such is the human make that men who are vested with a share of it are generally…

— Samuel Adams

The power of a man increases steadily by continuance in one direction. He becomes acquainted with the resistances and with his own tools; increases…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Power is so pleasant that men quickly learn to be greedy in the enjoyment of it, and to flatter themselves that patriotism requires them…

— Anthony Trollope

“Power is not something to be destroyed: that remains beyond our means. What we can do, however, is understand its mechanism and do everything…

— Guy Hocquenghem

I think, traditionally, power is perceived as something that belongs to men and is an excuse to behave in a disempowered way.

— Whitney Wolfe Herd

Nature has not implanted any power in man that was not meant to be exercised at times, though too often our powers have been…

— Herman Melville

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as…

— Anonymous