Power Quotes

"Power without restraint becomes tyranny; tyranny without resistance becomes permanence."

"Political ambition unchecked by virtue transforms leaders into tyrants."

"The expansion of territory without expansion of virtue brings only temporary glory."

"Those who seek power for its own sake lack the qualities needed to wield it justly."

"The measure of a man is what he does with power."

"The power of words lies not in their volume, but in their truth."

"Those who seek power without wisdom shall find only the hollow echo of their own tyranny."

"The most dangerous tyrant is he who believes his own propaganda."

"Every empire contains within itself the seeds of its own destruction."

"The desire for power is the most corrosive of human passions."

"The pursuit of absolute power is the pursuit of absolute loneliness."

"The appetite for power grows with every satisfaction of it."

"The greatest tyrant is not he who commands armies, but he who commands the minds of men."

"The appetite for power grows with eating, making the satisfied ambition a rarity."

"Those who seek power through deception have already lost before they begin."

"To understand power, observe how men behave when they believe no one is watching."

"The greatest power is not that which commands armies, but that which influences thought."

"The Emperor thinks his wishes are laws of nature."

"The lust for power is the most dangerous of all human desires."

"The acquisition of power deadens the sense of justice."

"Power corrupts the mind long before it corrupts the hands."

"Power is most dangerous when wielded by those who believe they deserve it."

"In the pursuit of power, men lose their humanity."

"Power without wisdom is destruction waiting to happen."

"The greatest power is the power to forgive."

"There is nothing so unbelievable that oratory cannot make acceptable."

"Power is the responsibility to serve others."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely."

"The rich are distinguished by nothing but their wealth, the great by nothing but their power."