Atrocities Quote by Chris Hedges

People don't give up power and privilege out of the goodness of their hearts.

— Rachel Holmes

It's human nature to abuse power, no matter who you are.

— Naomi Wolf

There seems to be something in humanity which will not bow meekly to the insolence of power.

— Terry Eagleton

But everyone has some kind of power to hurt people.

— Kristin Cashore

Powerful people get away with things. That's one way to demonstrate their difference from the rest of us.

— Elizabeth Janeway

Power people are generally threatened by authority people...

— James Hunter

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.

— Milan Kundera

Given appropriate social conditions, decent, ordinary people can be led to do extraordinarily cruel things.

— Albert Bandura

All powerful people make foolish decisions and end up in humiliating and embarrassing situations, as well as wielding their power.

— Jesse Armstrong

Those who are a danger to the society being resentful and uncooperative are themselves the most powerless ones, they are so because they suffer…

— Senoraroy

The most influential person in the room isn't the one who is being a bully, talking loudly, and imposing him- or herself on others.…

— Judith Orloff

The great majority of people have a strong need for authority which they can admire, to which they can submit, and which dominates and…

— Sigmund Freud