Abuse Quote by David Blunkett

Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.

— John C. Calhoun

It's not just the abuse of power that's the problem. It's the power to abuse.

— Stefan Molyneux

Under a democratical government the citizens exercise the powers of sovereignty; and those powers will be first abused, and afterwards lost, if they are…

— Edward Gibbon

The problem isn't the abuse of power; it's the power to abuse.

— Mike Cloud

Democracy is a great institution and, therefore, it is liable to be greatly abused.

— Mahatma Gandhi

A democratic government that respects no limits on its power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was created to…

— James Bovard

Democratic institutions are based on a reality of human nature: that those with power, however benign or even noble their intentions, will do what…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

The abuse of political power is not as important as the loss of lives. Plus there is a process for curing the abuse of…

— Babatunde Fashola

Power is something that is abused. I suppose use and abuse are in the eye of the beholder.

— Frederick Lenz

Democratic power is the only voice most citizens have.

— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Power which can be abused, will be abused.

— Jim Warner

Government power is always abused by seizing and perverting the law. And with few exceptions, government always determines what is law.

— John Galt