Against Quote by Bill Kristol

Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect all who seek it ... We should grant power over our affairs only to those who are reluctant to…

— Frank Herbert

For we put the power in the people.

— William Penn

Government ought to be all outside and no inside. . . . Everybody knows that corruption thrives in secret places, and avoids public places,…

— Woodrow Wilson

My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed.

— William Jones

I have always been of the opinion that when those in power are promoting actions and ideals that risk harming or impeding us, people…

— Jean-Michel Jarre

Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.

— William Proxmire

All power is a trust, that we are accountable for its exercise.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Ultimately, power only really listens to power, and if government is to be improved, we must be able to threaten its existence, not merely…

— Vaclav Havel

When you have no real power, go public - really public. The public is where the real power is.

— Elizabeth Warren

We should set goals within the limits of our resources while working to the limits of our powers.

— Richard M. Nixon

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

— Edward Abbey

Beware the abuse of Power. Both by those we disagree with, as well as those we may agree with

— Anonymous