Abuse Quote by Lincoln Steffens

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

— Lincoln Steffens

Power resides where men believe it to reside.

— George R. R. Martin

I think, traditionally, power is perceived as something that belongs to men and is an excuse to behave in a disempowered way.

— Whitney Wolfe Herd

Power is, in its nature, encroaching; and such is the human make that men who are vested with a share of it are generally…

— Samuel Adams

It's human nature to abuse power, no matter who you are.

— Naomi Wolf

Power for men means the ability to make things happen ... The female definition of power is the ability not to have to please.

— Lois Gould

Women are often forced to maintain good relations with men who abuse them precisely because those men have power.

— Kirsten Powers

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as…

— Anonymous

A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.

— Alexander Hamilton

We can decrease abuse and murder when we get that for both sexes, abuse does not derive from power, but powerlessness.

— Warren Farrell

Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.

— Eric Sevareid

“Unfortunately, power is something that women abjure once they perceive the great difference between the lives possible to men and to women...”

— Carolyn G. Heilbrun