Kings Quote by Vittorio Alfieri

There is a great force in renunciation of power that those who are blinded by the lust for domination cannot understand because those who…

— Alison Croggon

The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority. Unrestrained political…

— James F. Cooper

One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim.

— Frank Herbert

The appetite for power, even for universal power, is only insane when there is no possibility of indulging it; a man who sees the…

— Simone Weil

Rulers who destroy men's freedom commonly begin by trying to retain its forms. ... They cherish the illusion that they can combine the prerogatives…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it ... one must have the courage to dare.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties,…

— James Madison

The only thing truly within our power, may be whether or not we will behave in each moment with arrogance or reverence.

— Lawrence Kushner

The real powerful person never rule on others, he is powerful enough to overrule himself.

— Senoraroy

“imperceptible, element of contempt for those over whom the power is exercised. One can only dominate another human soul if one knows, understands, and…

— Sándor Márai

“Every exercise of power incorporates a faint, almost imperceptible, element of contempt for those over whom the power is exercised. One can only dominate…

— Sándor Márai

...great Ambition, unchecked by principle, or the love of Glory, is an unruly Tyrant...

— Alexander Hamilton