Power Quotes

"Power without purpose is merely tyranny wearing a crown."

"The love of power, not the love of goodness, is the root of most evil."

"Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue."

"Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never can willingly abandon it."

"In what does real power consist? It consists, I believe, in the dominion over the affections and over the will."

"Power over another man's will is the highest pleasure."

"The strength of a nation lies in the character of its people."

"The burden of authority is balanced by its privileges."

"The great questions of the day will not be decided by speeches and majority decisions, but by iron and blood"

"You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them"

"A man with a gun is a peer"

"Germany does not look to Prussia's liberalism, but to its power"

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

"Power without principle is tyranny masquerading as governance."

"The word 'impossible' is not in my vocabulary."

"The curse of a great man is that he must live among small minds."

"The world respects strength and punishes weakness."

"To be feared is better than to be pitied."

"Power corrupts those who do not understand its proper use."

"The seas belong to those who dare to claim them."

"Luxury and strength are natural enemies."

"The world understands strength; it respects power."

"Those who seek power for its own sake are unfit to wield it."

"The throne is not a bed of roses."

"Power without responsibility is tyranny."

"The crown weighs heavy on those who wear it."

"Power without wisdom is tyranny."

"The strongest walls are built not of stone but of the will of men."

"I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it."

"A throne is only a bench covered with velvet."