Power Quotes

Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.

25234 quotes

"No more Mister Nice Guy."
Hunter S. Thompson
"A word to the wise: never, ever bet against the American advertising industry."
Hunter S. Thompson
F
"Power without wisdom is dangerous; wisdom without power is futile."
Fareed Zakaria
F
"The pursuit of power often comes at the cost of wisdom."
Fareed Zakaria
W
"Power is knowing what not to do."
Walter Matthau
T
"When you control a man's thinking, you do not have to worry about his actions."
Tom Wolfe
T
"To be unknown is to be unhappy in the modern world."
Tom Wolfe
T
"Status is everything in the human hierarchy; we are obsessed with it."
Tom Wolfe
T
"Power is the ability to make others see the world as you see it."
Tom Wolfe
J
"The power of the press lies not in its weapons, but in its words and the truth they carry."
James Foley
L
"Power must be used wisely."
Larry King
R
"Power without accountability is tyranny."
Rachel Maddow
R
"Power should uplift others."
Rachel Maddow
F
"Power without principle is tyranny."
Fareed Zakaria
F
"Power is often invisible; the powerful don't need to shout."
Fareed Zakaria
C
"The dictator of North Korea starves his people and threatens his neighbors because nobody has the power to stop him."
Christopher Hitchens
C
"The most common form of tyranny is the tyranny of mediocrity."
Christopher Hitchens
M
"A journalist's pen can be mightier than any weapon of war."
Marie Colvin
"Politics is the art of controlling your environment."
Hunter S. Thompson
"Most of what I know about power comes from reading about failure."
Hunter S. Thompson
J
"Silence protects the powerful. Truth protects the vulnerable."
James Foley
J
"A single story, truly told, can topple empires of lies."
James Foley
J
"The world changes when one person decides to tell the truth."
James Foley
L
"When you're interviewing someone, you're in a position of power."
Larry King
R
"Power without accountability is just tyranny with better PR."
Rachel Maddow
"Power without conscience is tyranny."
Anderson Cooper
"Power corrupts when unchecked by conscience."
Anderson Cooper
F
"Power without accountability is tyranny dressed in modern clothes."
Fareed Zakaria
F
"We are living through a revolution in how power is distributed."
Fareed Zakaria
"I believe in the power of information to change the world."
Julian Assange