Power Quotes

"Power without principle corrupts the wielder as surely as it harms the innocent."

"In the shadow of power, even the brightest light casts a dark shadow."

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

"A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody."

"The power to change society lies within each individual's actions and choices."

"Power without wisdom is dangerous; wisdom without power is futile."

"The power of the purse is the power of the sword."

"The pen is mightier than the sword in the hands of those with truth."

"There is not a shadow of right in the general government to interpose its prerogatives in the enumerated powers ceded to it."

"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined."

"The executive during the term of the Constitution is not invested with any personal influence."

"Monopolies are odious and should be granted rarely and with great caution."

"The extent of federal authority should never be extended beyond the enumerated powers."

"In questions of power let no more be said of confidence in man but bind him down from mischief with the chains of the Constitution."

"In the general course of human nature, a power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will."

"To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize."

"In the general course of human nature, power over others is agreeable."

"Power naturally and necessarily follows property."

"A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody."

"The only security of all is in a balance of power."

"The greatest power is not force, but the power of moral persuasion."

"Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression."

"The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judicial, is the very definition of tyranny."

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

"All power is in the people, and flows from them."

"All tyrannies rule through fraud and force once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force."

"The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one."

"The deliberate exercise of ill-considered power is a more formidable evil than the rash exercise of it."

"The accumulation of power tends toward tyranny."

"In the composition of the human frame there is a good deal of inflammable matter, however dormant it may lie for a time."