Power Quotes

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

25234 quotes

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"The will to dominate is a cancer eating away at the heart of human society."
Michel Bakunin
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"The collective strength of all is greater than the strength of one."
Michel Bakunin
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"In unity lies the power to transform the world."
Peter Kropotkin
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"Power without responsibility breeds corruption and suffering."
Peter Kropotkin
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"The greatest power lies not in dominating others, but in liberating them."
José de San Martín
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"The continuation of authority in the same person frequently causes the ruin of democratic governments."
Simón Bolívar
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"The true measure of power is the ability to forego it."
Simón Bolívar
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"Cultural hegemony precedes physical force."
Antonio Gramsci
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"Language is power and the language we use shapes our reality."
Antonio Gramsci
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"Hegemony is maintained through a complex system of compromises and alliances."
Antonio Gramsci
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"The masses have not yet become conscious of their own power."
Antonio Gramsci
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"Power is maintained through consent, not merely through coercion."
Antonio Gramsci
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"The oppressed must become conscious of their own power."
Antonio Gramsci
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"Power is everywhere and comes from everywhere"
Michel Foucault
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"The eye of power does not see without modifying"
Michel Foucault
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"The true nature of power is to act"
Michel Foucault
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"Power operates through the production of truth, not through violence alone"
Michel Foucault
"The proletariat will use its political supremacy to wrest all culture from the bourgeoisie."
Friedrich Engels
"The pen is mightier than the sword but the sword speaks louder."
Friedrich Engels
"Power corrupts those who wield it unjustly."
Friedrich Engels
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"History shows that power corrupts even the most virtuous of men."
Michel Bakunin
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"Real power comes not from the barrel of a gun but from the unity of free people."
Michel Bakunin
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"Authority exists only because we consent to it; we can withdraw that consent."
Michel Bakunin
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"The pen and the spoken word are mightier than the sword."
Michel Bakunin
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"Power corrupts the powerful and weakens the people."
Emma Goldman
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"Power built on coercion is always fragile and temporary."
Peter Kropotkin
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"Power without accountability is merely organized crime on a large scale."
Peter Kropotkin
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"The greatest empire is not built on conquest, but on the hearts of men."
Simón Bolívar
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"I have learned that true power comes from the willingness to serve."
Simón Bolívar
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"The more powerful the state, the more will it be hated by those who are powerless."
Karl Marx