Desire Quote by Frank Chodorov

The appetite for power, even for universal power, is only insane when there is no possibility of indulging it; a man who sees the…

— Simone Weil

It is natural for men to want power. But to seek power actively takes a temperament baffling to both the simple and the wise.…

— Gore Vidal

There are men who desire power simply for the sake of the happiness it will bring; these belong chiefly to political parties.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Unfortunately, however, power is sweet, and the man who in the beginning seeks power merely in order to have scope for his benevolence is…

— Bertrand Russell

In politics a man must learn to rise above principle.

— American Proverb

It is imperative that good people, men and women of principle, be involved in the political process; otherwise we abdicate power to those whose…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

Political power intoxicates the best hearts. No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with much political power.

— Hans F. Sennholz

Everyone's always told about politics you have to be practical, but I actually think that's not true, you actually have to hold to a…

— Amber Hollibaugh

Any man who has ever tried to use political power for the common good has felt an awful sense of powerlessness.

— Robert Casey

Politics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts.

— Jim Leach

I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to give them…

— Thomas Jefferson