Closeness Quote by Theodore White

Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.

— Thucydides

Men honor property above all else; it has the greatest power in human life.

— Euripides

“Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men the most.”

— F. B. Jevons

To hold power has always meant to manipulate idiots and circumstances; and those circumstances and those idiots, tossed together, bring about those coincidences to…

— Alfred de Vigny

“Men work hard to attain power, but work even harder to retain it”

— Megan Curd

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

Men in power are always interested in greater power.

— Dan Brown

“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

We need to redefine strength in men, not as the power over other people, but as forces for justice.

— Jackson Katz

The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.

— Sallust

It is not necessary for all men to be great in action. The greatest and sublimest power is often simple patience.

— Horace Bushnell

“The measure of a man's power is the depth of his mercy.”

— Christopher Moore