Abuse of power Quote by Stieg Larsson

“We can have no sympathy with those who seek the power of government to advance their own personal interests or ambitions.”

— Woodrow Wilson

“Our institutions are too big; they represent not the best but the worst characteristics of human beings. By submitting to huge hierarchies of power,…

— Edward Abbey

“Through our intentions, a place no power can influence, we have the power to oppose.”

— Bryant McGill

“Actuated by no personal motives, but moved only by high and great constitutional considerations; which I will not attempt to explain, for they are…

— Charles Dickens

“There seemed to be no one in a position of power, from the Vatican to Wall Street, from Parliament to Scotland Yard to Fleet…

— Edward St. Aubyn

“This is what should be meant by people power. The power for people to choose which of the government’s petty, silly, pointless laws they…

— Jeremy Clarkson

“I am not interested in power for power's sake. Only interested in power that will allow people to liberate themselves from Big Brother.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

“Authority ... cannot be a darksome power that compels us to subject ourselves without reason.”

— G C Berkouwer

“I have not the power adequately to describe them without committing a breach of the laws of decent speech.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Institutions are lengthening shadows of strong individuals.”

— George Will

“Only those who are subject to authority can be authority.”

— Watchman Nee

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

— Noam Chomsky