Ambition Quote by Thucydides

The cause of all these evils was the lust for power arising from greed and ambition; and from these passions proceeded the violence of…

— Thucydides

Wealth and greed are the roots of all evils.

— Anonymous

There are three all-powerful evils: lust, anger and greed.

— Tulsidas

I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power.

— Patricia Cornwell

The root of humanly caused evil is not man's animal nature, not territorial aggression, or innate selfishness, but our need to gain self-esteem, deny…

— Sam Keen

Greed is root of all evils, then what is the compulsion

— Mak_786

All the evil in the world is the fault of the self-styled pure in heart, a result of their eagerness to unearth secrets and…

— Jean Giraudoux

“...all the evils in the world come not because our desires for happiness are too strong, but because they are so weak that we…

— John Piper

Man's natural and inevitable urge to deny mortality and achieve a heroic self-image are the root causes of human evil.

— Ernest Becker

Power, greed, and perhaps more than anything, ego, are powerful emotions and motivators.

— Trish Regan

One of the tremendous evils of the world, is the monstrous accumulation of power in a few hands.

— William Ellery Channing

Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.

— Thomas More