5,584 Quotes About Power

If knowledge is power, let's spread it as widely as possible and dilute it to deny those who would abuse it.

If you can abuse your power you have too much.

England and America owe their liberty to commerce, which created a new species of power to undermine the feudal system. But let them beware of the consequences: the tyranny of wealth is still more galling and debasing than that of rank.

Luisa rolls her napkin into a compact ball. "I ask three simple questions. How did he get that power? How is he using it? And how can it be taken off the sonofabitch?

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?

It is this dependency that became, and is, the breeding ground for abuses of power.

The corrupt governments stance is clear: It will willfully ignore many of the health problems that power generation systems are known to cause in the surrounding communities.

Make him love you,” Ruthless Me whispered. “Make it so he can’t live without you. The devil you know.” I felt her growing inside me, bringing with her the insane idea that I actually wielded power with Caleb.

that your power of commandwith simple language wasone of the magnificent things ofour century.(from the poem: result)