Abuse Quote by James F. Cooper

The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority. Unrestrained political…

— James F. Cooper

The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

— George Davis Herron

All power is inherent in the people.

— Thomas Jefferson

The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth.

— Frederick Law Olmsted

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor; and this I know, that, where law ends, there tyranny begins.

— William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.

— Baron de Montesquieu

The value of the majority lies not in the opportunity to wield great power, but in the chance to use power to do great…

— John Boehner

Power without authority is tyranny.

— Jacques Maritain

When authority is total, so too is the madness of the man who declares it, and the potential for abuse of power.

— Rick Wilson

If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.

— Thomas Paine

“Every exercise of power incorporates a faint, almost imperceptible, element of contempt for those over whom the power is exercised. One can only dominate…

— Sándor Márai

“A general rule is drawn which never or rarely fails: that he who is the cause of another becoming powerful is ruined; because that…

— W.K. Marriott