Real power Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“It was necessary that millions of men in whose hands lay the real power—the soldiers who fired, or transported provisions and guns—should consent to…

— Leo Tolstoy

“...only those who have the will and the power to shoot down their fellow men, are the real rulers in this, as in all…

— Lysander Spooner

“We have to hand it to the little tyrants who devise the picturesque abuses of authority that give the moral populace the clear examples…

— John Popielaski

“What was the power that induced strong soldiers to put off their jackets and shirts, and present their hands to be tied up, and…

— Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

“To hold the key is not just to possess power, but to carry the weight of responsibility for someone else’s surrender.”

— Kemal Onur Güneş

“In times of war or crisis, power is easily stolen from the many by the few on a promise of security. The more elusive…

— Ronald Wright

“Guns were the symbols of judgment and power, so that those who were expected to exercise power and judgment had to wear them and…

— Sean McMullen

“stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgement of the law is one of the most significant tributes…

— Ann Tusa

“Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature of things, be proper or safe judges, whether a war ought to be…

— James Madison

“power that isn’t really justified by the will of the governed should be dismantled.”

— Noam Chomsky

“Politicians who took us to war should have been given the guns and told to settle their differences themselves, instead of organising nothing better…

— Harry Patch

“Inherent in the power to make men free by force is the power to enslave them again,”

— Michael Bunker