Lust For Power Quotes
16 quotes by 16 authors
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The State acquires power... and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates.
— Frank Chodorov
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Man has but little heeded the advice of the wise men. He has been - fatefully, if not willingly - less virtuous, less constant, less…
— Ralph Bunche
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The lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness.
— Erich Fromm
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History is full of people who out of fear, or ignorance, or lust for power has destroyed knowledge of immeasurable value which truly belongs to…
— Carl Sagan
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Some things transcend politics and policy and the lust for power. Truth, honesty, integrity, decency and fairness are immutable values. They are the ethical substance…
— Michael Short
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It is a mistake, that a lust for power is the mark of a great mind; for even the weakest have been captivated by it;…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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With the plundered people transferring their energies into relaxed and receptive thoughts, degradation and lust for power produced art.
— Peter Weiss
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Considering the natural lust for power so inherent in man, I fear the thirst of power will prevail to oppress the people.
— George Mason
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Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.
— Winston Churchill
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Within the next generation I believe that the world's leaders will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than…
— Aldous Huxley
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Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places.
— Veronica Roth
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Corruption and envy and lust for power. Cruelty and coldness. A vicious probing curiousity. Pure, poisonous, toxic malice. You have never from your earliest years…
— Philip Pullman
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My brother is undoubtedly arrogant," Tyrion Lannister replied. "My father is the soul of avarice, and my sweet sister Cersei lusts for power with every…
— George R. R. Martin
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We are all members of the same flawed species. Putting our moral vision into practice means imposing our will on others. The human lust for…
— Steven Pinker
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People despise the lust for power that originates from a craving for homage and for the attributes of power.
— Konstantin Ushinsky
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
— Tacitus
Who Wrote These Lust For Power Quotes
16 authors contributed a total of 16 Lust For Power Quotes as follows: