Hold Power Quotes

16 quotes by 14 authors

In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we know about political power the… — Robert Caro
Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and mercenary aims, and… — Leo Tolstoy
Sycophancy toward those who hold power is a fact in every regime, and especially in a democracy, where, unlike tyranny, there is an accepted principle… — Allan Bloom
The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to… — Saul Alinsky
One cannot hold power and not use it. — L. Ron Hubbard
The tragic reality is that very few sustainable systems are designed or applied by those who hold power, and the reason for this is obvious… — Bill Mollison
In order to obtain and hold power a man must love it. Thus the effort to get it is not likely to be coupled with… — Leo Tolstoy
The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold… — Gerry Spence
As long as the wrong people hold power, how can the right political climate even arise? — William A. Dembski
Collective freedom provides the basic conditions for people to narrate their own lives, hold power accountable, and embrace a capacious notion of human dignity. — Henry Giroux
Stories hold power because they convey the illusion that life has purpose and direction. Where God is absent from the lives of all but the… — John Hodgman
To hold power has always meant to manipulate idiots and circumstances; and those circumstances and those idiots, tossed together, bring about those coincidences to which… — Alfred de Vigny
Because they claim to be concerned with the welfare of whole societies, governments arrogate to themselves the right to pass off as mere abstract profit… — Michel Foucault
Relationships are never about power, and one way to avoid the will to hold power over another is to chose to limit to onself -… — William P. Young
What better way for a ruling class to claim and hold power than to pose as the defenders of the nation. — Christopher Hitchens
In order to obtain and hold power, a man must love it. — Leo Tolstoy

Who Wrote These Hold Power Quotes

14 authors contributed a total of 16 Hold Power Quotes as follows: