Excess Quote by James Madison

No human being, man, woman, or child, may safely be entrusted to the power of another; for no human being may safely be trusted…

— Suzanne La Follette

“Power can be hoarded by the mighty or stolen from the innocent.Power provides the ability to choose. But has a proclivity for corruption. The…

— Emily Thorne

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

For a man's property is not at all secure, though there be good and equitable laws to set the bounds of it, between him…

— John Locke

The property of power is to protect.

— Blaise Pascal

Sometimes power is all a person has, so they will protect it even unto their own destruction, for without power they have nothing.

— Bryant H. McGill

All authority belongs to the people... In questions of power let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from…

— Thomas Jefferson

For power can guarantee the interests of some men but it can never foster the good of man. Power always protects the good of…

— Thomas Merton

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

Power without authority is tyranny.

— Jacques Maritain

“In fact, if a man is forced to resort to violence to achieve his ends, whether in his own household, his estates, or his…

— Sarah Woodbury

Power in any Form . . . when directed only by human Wisdom and Benevolence is dangerous.

— John Adams