Constant Quote by Bertrand Russell

As a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.

— Woodrow Wilson

Some people get a feeling of power from being unpleasant.

— Alexei Panshin

Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.

— John C. Calhoun

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

— Anonymous

“The people are difficult to govern because of the (excessive) agency of their superiors (in governing them).”

— Lao Tzu

Power people are generally threatened by authority people...

— James Hunter

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.

— Frank Herbert

The antidote to this abuse of formal Government, is, the influence of private character, the growth of the Individual.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

In America, as elsewhere, the general irritability level keeps rising.

— Edward Abbey

Too much of power has got concentrated in the hands of the Central and state governments.

— Arvind Kejriwal

As government grows, its increased power to grant favors or inflict pain attracts more people who would abuse the system.

— John Fund

Power is always a corrupting influence.

— Charles Dance