Power Quotes

"Institutions survive by defending themselves against criticism, not by improving themselves."

"The most dangerous authorities are those who claim to be objective and neutral."

"Authority derives from agreement, not from superior knowledge or position."

"The consumer is king, and the market respects no authority but the authority of consumer choice."

"The customer is always right because the customer decides what is produced."

"The most destructive force in the world is not atomic energy, but government monopoly."

"Ideas are more powerful than vested interests."

"There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency."

"Our power to control the volume of money is absolute."

"The wealthy today derive their importance from their power over employment."

"We have the power to manage the economy if we choose to use it."

"Power flows through symbols more than through arms."

"Power is so concentrated that it can simply impose its decisions on the population."

"The powerful fear an informed public more than any external enemy."

"Understanding power means understanding who decides what counts as normal."

"The powerful invest enormous resources in making alternatives seem impossible."

"The goal of ruling groups is always to narrow the field of thought."

"Power depends on preventing us from imagining what we could collectively do."

"The great danger to the consumer from monopoly lies in the possible restriction of output."

"Economic control is not merely control of a sector of human life which can be separated from the rest; it is the control of the means for all our ends."

"The only way to stop a monopoly is to prevent the establishment of one."

"Every extension of government power, no matter how well intentioned, carries with it the seeds of evil."

"Those who seek to control everything often end up controlling nothing."

"Intervention breeds intervention until finally the state controls everything."

"Expertise is no excuse for tyranny, however benevolent."

"Power without morality is tyranny."

"The exercise of power without accountability is tyranny."

"Power without wisdom leads to destruction."

"Power resides not in the individual but in the system."

"Power without wisdom is mere domination."