Adult Quote by George W. S. Trow

The weaker the man in authority... the stronger his insistence that all his privileges be acknowledged.

— Austin O'Malley

The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things for which he lends…

— Theodor Adorno

The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is private life…

— Benjamin Disraeli

The most absolute authority is that which penetrates into a man's innermost being and concerns itself no less with his will than with his…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Men of authority have employed all the destructive agents around them to promote their own personal interests at the sacrifice of every just, honorable,…

— John White Geary

No one can be truly powerful unless he has access to the command of major institutions, for it is over these institutional means of…

— C. Wright Mills

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

— Anonymous

Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.

— Thucydides

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as…

— Anonymous

Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings.

— Walter Lippmann

The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.

— Sallust