Power Quotes

"The pen is mightier than the sword, yet both can wound deeply."

"Power without compassion is merely tyranny with a different face."

"The pursuit of power at any cost leads to the loss of everything."

"The seduction of power reveals the weakness in us all."

"The people's will, when awakened, is an unstoppable force."

"I have never sought power for its own sake, but only for the sake of the principles it might serve."

"The essence of government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse."

"The accumulation of all powers in the same hands is the definition of tyranny."

"Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak."

"How strangely will the tools of a tyrant pervert the plain meaning of words!"

"The pen is mightier than the sword, for it can change minds and hearts."

"The pursuit of power corrupts the best of men and destroys the weak entirely."

"In the game of thrones, the only true victory is survival with honor intact."

"The palaces of kings are built upon the ruins of the bowers of paradise."

"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts."

"Power corrupts not the strong, but those who lack the strength to resist it."

"Beware the whispers of those who seek power without principle."

"The pen, though seemingly small, can move mountains of injustice."

"Power obtained through deception is power that will not endure."

"The power to change the world rests in the hands of ordinary people united."

"Power without accountability is the breeding ground of corruption and cruelty."

"The great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments."

"Wherever there is an interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done."

"The accumulation of power and the consolidation of authority are the inevitable tendencies of political systems."

"Learned hand has aptly said that no government can be trusted without being bound by chains."

"Men love power and will seek to aggrandize themselves."

"The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the gradual concentration of power."

"The person who is blessed with the most talent must bear the greatest responsibility."

"Ambition is the subtle enemy of all goodness."

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