Abuse of power Quote by John McGahern

“Generally speaking, by the way, that is the moral of the opponents of violence in politics: they renounce violence when it comes to introducing…

— Leon Trotsky

“When men in power decide that things need to be rebalanced at any cost, the violence is never brief and never really directed solely…

— Dean Koontz

“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

“The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.”

— William Shakespeare

“Violence is a confession of terrible incompetence.”

— E. W. Hornung

“The violence of power is unacceptable only when we see it in action.”

— Olivier Razac

“It is this dependency that became, and is, the breeding ground for abuses of power.”

— Bell Hooks

“We the People have the power that becomes the power but the power abuses its power becoming tyrannical to its source of power.”

— Jose R. Coronado

“We must renounce the gambit of "good" and "bad" - even in its inverted form. We must acknowledge that misapprehensions abound, that violence is…

— René Girard

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and…

— Frederick Douglass

“But aggression, righteous condemnation, and insult only make matters worse. Somehow we have to break the escalating cycle of attack and counterattack.”

— Karen Armstrong

“when you use your limited powers to inflict petty punishments you demonstrate your weakness to the world. It just tells everyone you are unable…

— Mackey Chandler