Men Quote by Wendy McElroy

I am opposed to authority, that egg of misery and oppression; I am opposed to it largely for what it does to those who…

— Patrick O'Brian

There are things in this world that you cannot oppose, no matter how hard you try.

— Dark Zeref

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

— Plato

[On power:] Some people really have almost a disdain for that word. They feel it is alien to conscience. Power for power's sake, no.…

— Elizabeth Dole

If you're just the person with power, exercising that power fearfully and angrily, you're going to be an operative of injustice and inequality.

— Bryan Stevenson

Power without authority is tyranny.

— Jacques Maritain

Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an…

— Oriana Fallaci

I am opposed to the accumulation of executive power anywhere.

— Noam Chomsky

It is not the misuse of power that is evil; the very existence of power is an evil.

— Charles A. Reich

I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man.

— Thomas Jefferson

I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power. I am naturally very jealous for the rights and liberties of my country,…

— Benjamin Franklin

When I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply appeal from…

— Alexis de Tocqueville