Who said "Power is not taken, it is granted and accepted."?

This quote is attributed to Merovingian.

Power is not taken, it is granted and accepted. - Merovingian

"Power is not taken, it is granted and accepted."

Merovingian Power

"The purpose of a system is what it does."

"Choice is an illusion created between those with power and those without."

"You see, I am a trafficker of information. I know things."

"But what is the Matrix but a system, yes? And all systems have rules."

"Power without control is just destruction."

"Power is not about control, it's about influence"

"The world doesn't need me to be the hero. It just needs me to be dangerous."

"The claws come out when I need them to."