Character Quote by Michel Foucault

Power works best when it is indirect - never coercing people; instead, getting them to voluntarily align with your interests.

— Robert Greene

The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious.

— Jean Rostand

Power is a dangerous thing. Be careful that you don't abuse it or let it make a tyrant of you.

— Louisa May Alcott

Power lacks moral or principles. It only has interests.

— Anonymous

Power, in whatever hands, is rarely guilty of too strict limitations on itself.

— Edmund Burke

The problem isn't the abuse of power; it's the power to abuse.

— Mike Cloud

You should never have a power, in any area, with the purpose of harming someone.

— Helio Gracie

It is very difficult to get legislation passed. But then the danger always is that you have no power at all if you do…

— Major Owens

Only power can get people into a position where they may be noble.

— Alfred Kazin

If one has got power, one must manifest it in action.

— Swami Vivekananda

Power is not anything that's given away. Power is something you have to compete for.

— Nancy Pelosi

Power ought to serve as a check to power.

— Anonymous