Argument Quote by Hans Morgenthau

Power lacks moral or principles. It only has interests.

— Anonymous

“Power should lie in the reasoning, not the position, of the individual.”

— Ray Dalio

One should try to locate power at the extreme of its exercise, where it is always less legal in character.

— Michel Foucault

My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed.

— William Jones

All power, even the most despotic, rests ultimately on opinion.

— David Hume

I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Now a lot of us are preachers, and all of us have our moral convictions and concerns, and so often have problems with power.…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Only power can get people into a position where they may be noble.

— Alfred Kazin

Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.

— Maggie Kuhn

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.

— Anonymous

Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't.

— Anonymous

Power is the pivot on which everything hinges. He who has the power is always right; the weaker is always wrong.

— Niccolo Machiavelli