Power Quotes

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

25234 quotes

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"My will is the will of the nation."
Benito Mussolini
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"I have no patience for those who question my vision."
Benito Mussolini
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"The future is written by those willing to write it."
Benito Mussolini
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"I have discovered the secret of controlling millions."
Benito Mussolini
"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."
Mahatma Gandhi
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"Great and little things depend on ourselves."
Winston Churchill
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"We are masters of our fate and captains of our souls."
Winston Churchill
"Every person has the power to change the world."
Martin Luther King Jr.
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"Great power involves great responsibility."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"The mobilization of American resources is a practical demonstration of American strength."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"I have little use for stupidity and still less for cowardice."
Benito Mussolini
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"Power respects only power; weakness invites contempt."
Benito Mussolini
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"Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country."
Vladimir Lenin
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"The most important problem of any revolution is the question of power."
Vladimir Lenin
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"We will trade even with the devil himself if it serves the revolution."
Vladimir Lenin
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"One person with a gun can control one hundred without one."
Vladimir Lenin
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"Power flows not from the barrel of a gun but from those willing to pull the trigger."
Vladimir Lenin
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"Freedom is not given, it is taken."
Nelson Mandela
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"I have always believed that, ultimately, the power in any society resides with the citizens."
Nelson Mandela
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"I have learned that while one person may not change the course of the world, it is possible to rock the boat."
Nelson Mandela
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"I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"The only things we have to fight with are our thoughts and our words."
Mahatma Gandhi
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"It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive."
Winston Churchill
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"Power is the ability to influence the behavior of others"
Jorge Edwards
"I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral."
Martin Luther King Jr.
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"Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say that a neighboring nation will invade us."
Abraham Lincoln
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"Power corrupts not because people are evil, but because systems enable indifference."
Jorge Edwards
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"We are all molded by the societies we live in, but we also have the power to shape them."
Nelson Mandela
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"The possession of unlimited power is apt to be most corrupting to the human soul."
Winston Churchill