Power Quotes

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

25234 quotes

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"Power without love is destruction; love without power is futility."
Ciro Alegría
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"The powerful always rewrite history to justify their crimes."
Fernando Vallejo
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"Power corrupts not by making us evil, but by isolating us."
Fernando Vallejo
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"Power without conscience is tyranny."
Alcides Arguedas
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"Totalitarianism thrives when people become indifferent to their surroundings."
Mario Vargas Llosa
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"Power without accountability inevitably leads to abuse."
Mario Vargas Llosa
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"Power is best wielded by those who do not hunger for it."
Mario Vargas Llosa
"To be powerless is not to be without power; it is to possess different power."
José María Arguedas
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"El poder real no viene de dominar a otros, sino de dominarse a uno mismo."
Tomás Carrasquilla
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"El poder supremo es el de transformar el odio en comprensión."
Tomás Carrasquilla
"True power lies not in domination but in understanding the other."
José María Arguedas
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"In silence, the powerful find their greatest weapon."
Alcides Arguedas
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"Power without wisdom is a house built upon sand."
Alcides Arguedas
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"The power of words lies in their ability to wound and heal simultaneously."
Fernando Vallejo
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"Power corrupts, but powerlessness embitens."
Fernando Vallejo
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"Nature does not negotiate with those who seek to dominate it."
Ciro Alegría
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"Words have the power to transform reality and human consciousness"
Mario Vargas Llosa
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"Power corrupts those who do not question themselves"
Mario Vargas Llosa
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"The pen is mightier than the sword because it changes minds"
Mario Vargas Llosa
M
"Power without accountability is merely organized crime"
Mario Vargas Llosa
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"Power wielded without conscience is tyranny wearing a crown."
Jorge Isaacs
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"Words are the tools with which we build or destroy civilizations."
Tomás Carrasquilla
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"The most dangerous power is the power to name and therefore to create reality."
Tomás Carrasquilla
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"Power corrupts not because of evil, but because power is itself evil."
Fernando Vallejo
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"The greatest weapon is not the gun but the word."
Fernando Vallejo
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"Power corrupts, but the lack of it destroys."
Juan Carlos Onetti
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"The pen is mightier than any weapon"
Rodolfo Walsh
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"Power without responsibility is tyranny"
Rodolfo Walsh
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"Ambition without conscience is merely the tyranny of the few over the many."
Alcides Arguedas
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"Power without love is tyranny; love without power is ineffectual."
Ernesto Sabato