5,584 Quotes About Power

This is the essence of white privilege: when you’re used to having your way, it’s easy to feel threatened when you’re devoid of power. (...) They can’t deal when you don’t act scared, so they fire handguns to reclaim authority over the people they look down upon.

Democrats fight where they have policy concerns... war for democrats is just another way of achieving the goals for which foreign aid would otherwise be used. Foreign aid buys policy concessions, war imposes them... democrats would much prefer to impose a compliant dictator,... then take their chances on the policies adopted by a democrat who must answer to her own domestic constituents

Wissen ist Macht, gab Julian zu bedenken. Sie haben es, wir nicht. - Da irrst du dich Bruder. Wissen ist gefährlich. (…) Wenn man erst mal etwas weiß, wird man es nicht mehr los. Dann muss man damit leben, für immer.

Yes, and political influence can shift like the changing tide, Your Highness. It is important to remember that power can't be swayed. Power simply is.

Poverty is man-made power.

I shall see you again, if I have to set the world on fire for that." - The Three Musketeers

No autocrat wields a power comparable to that enjoyed by a poor devil planning to kill himself.

Humans possess insatiable longings for wealth, status, and power, but are hungry, most of all, for love.

People with higher power are more afraid of the media than they are with the judicial discipline.