Power Quotes
Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.
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"Power corrupts in direct proportion to its concentration."Ernesto Sabato
"Power fears only those who have nothing to lose."Haroldo Conti
"Power corrupts all who believe they deserve it."Haroldo Conti
"Power without purpose is merely violence."Gabriel García Márquez
"Power consolidates through forgetting."Fernando Vallejo
"Violence is the grammar of power."Fernando Vallejo
"Power corrupts most completely those who never sought it."Juan Carlos Onetti
"El poder verdadero reside en la capacidad de escuchar"Tomás Carrasquilla
"El poder sin responsabilidad es la ruina de la sociedad"Tomás Carrasquilla
"Language is the first battleground of power."Rodolfo Walsh
"The pen and the sword are not opposites; they are one in the same."Rodolfo Walsh
"Words have the power to build empires or tear them down."Rodolfo Walsh
"Those who control information control reality."Rodolfo Walsh
"Power fears the truth more than it fears weapons."Rodolfo Walsh
"Those who control the narrative control the nation."Rodolfo Walsh
"Words can wound deeper than any weapon, and heal more than any medicine."Rodolfo Walsh
"The pen may be mightier than the sword, but only if it tells the truth."Rodolfo Walsh
"The invisible hand of power writes with invisible ink."Rodolfo Walsh
"Power without compassion is merely violence dressed in authority."Ernesto Sabato
"Power resides not in domination but in the refusal to dominate."Haroldo Conti
"Power without love becomes tyranny."Haroldo Conti
"True power comes from inner conviction"Leopoldo Lugones
"Power without wisdom is tyranny"Leopoldo Lugones
"Power corrupts most thoroughly those who believe they wield it justly."Alcides Arguedas
"Those with power will always define the terms of debate to ensure they retain their advantage."Alcides Arguedas
"Power without compassion is merely tyranny dressed in respectable clothes."Gabriel García Márquez
"Power corrupts slowly, but it corrupts inevitably."Juan Carlos Onetti
"Power is the ability to make others forget their own pain."Juan Carlos Onetti
"The greatest power is the power to transform oneself."Leopoldo Lugones
"The greatest power is the power to understand."Julio Cortázar