Those who seek power for its own sake are unfit to hold it, ... - Jean Bodin

"Those who seek power for its own sake are unfit to hold it, for they lack the wisdom to use it well."

Jean Bodin Power

Political Theorist Jurist French 1530–1596

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"Sovereignty is that absolute and perpetual power vested in a commonwealth"

"The state is a community of families and their possessions, living together for a good and perfect life"

"Laws are the sinews of the state"

"True nobility is derived from virtue, not from birth"

"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."