Power Exercised Quotes

9 quotes by 8 authors

• A constitution is not the act of a government, but of a people constituting a government; and government without a constitution is power without a… — Thomas Paine
• Power corrupts, and there is nothing more corrupting than power exercised in secret. — Daniel Schorr
• Power exercised with violence has seldom been of long duration ... — Seneca the Younger
• The highest reach of science is, one may say, an inventive power, a faculty of divination, akin to the highest power exercised in poetry; therefore,… — Matthew Arnold
• May it not be asked of every intelligent friend to the liberties of his country, whether the power exercised in such an act as this… — James Madison
• What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument. — C.S. Lewis
• ...it's my hypothesis that the individual is not a pre-given entity which is seized on by the exercise of power. The individual, with his identity… — Michel Foucault
• Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous. — William Proxmire

Who Wrote These Power Exercised Quotes

8 authors contributed a total of 9 Power Exercised Quotes as follows:

• 1 Power Exercised Quote by Thomas Paine
• 1 Power Exercised Quote by Daniel Schorr
• 1 Power Exercised Quote by Seneca the Younger
• 1 Power Exercised Quote by Matthew Arnold
• 1 Power Exercised Quote by James Madison
• 1 Power Exercised Quote by C.S. Lewis
• 1 Power Exercised Quote by Michel Foucault
• 1 Power Exercised Quote by William Proxmire