Power Quotes

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The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use; of how to get men of power… — John F. Kennedy
You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The one means that wins the easiest victory over reason is terror and force. — Adolf Hitler
Power educates the potentate. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection. — Henry Ward Beecher
If we cannot be powerful and happy and prey on others, we invent conscience and prey on ourselves. — Elbert Hubbard
We can't do without dominating others or being served.... The essential thing, in sum, is being able to get angry without the other person being… — Albert Camus
Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Force without reason falls of its own weight. — Horace
Men submit from habit to everything that seeks power. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The new and terrible dangers which man has created can only be controlled by man. — John F. Kennedy
Every country is renewed out of the unknown ranks and not out of the ranks of those already famous and powerful and in control. — Woodrow Wilson
Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control. — Martin Luther
Be generous in nature and thought; for this wins respect and gives confidence and power. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The corruption of the age is made up by the particular contribution of every individual man; some contribute treachery, others injustice, atheism, tyranny, avarice, cruelty,… — Michel de Montaigne
The power which makes a man able to entertain a good impulse is the same as that which enables him to make a good gun;… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The worst thing that can be said of the most powerful is that they can take your life; but the same can be said of… — Charles Caleb Colton
The efficiency of a truly national leader consists primarily in preventing the division of the attention of a people, and always in concentrating it on… — Adolf Hitler
The national government...will maintain and defend the foundations on which the power of our nation rests. It will offer strong protection to Christianity as the… — Adolf Hitler
The heart of a statesman should be in his head. — Napoleon Bonaparte
But it seems that something has happened that has never happened before; though we know not just when, or why, or how, or where. Men… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Fools! You think of "god" as a sentient being. God is the word used to represent a force. This force created nothing, it just helps… — Diogenes
It is within your power to see that all you have experienced, trials, errors, faults, deceptions, passions, your love and your hope, shall be merged… — Friedrich Nietzsche
When you have gained a victory, do not push it too far; 'tis sufficient to let the company and your adversary see 'tis in your… — Eustace Budgell
the universe is under the control of a loving purpose, and that in the struggle for righteousness man has cosmic companionship (angels). Behind the harsh… — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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