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 corrupts those who forget they too will die"
Ungaretti
"The greatest power lies not in dominating others, but in understanding ourselves."
Salvatore Quasimodo
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"Power reveals nothing; it only conceals those who wield it."
Eugenio Montale
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"Power corrupts not because it is evil, but because it isolates from reality."
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
"Ambition without grace becomes tyranny dressed in borrowed robes."
Luis de Góngora
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"The weight of power is felt most heavily by those who understand its responsibility."
Garcilaso de la Vega
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"True power lies in influence, not force."
Elio Vittorini
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"Power without integrity is corruption."
Elio Vittorini
"Power wielded with mercy becomes wisdom."
Salvatore Quasimodo
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"Ambition without conscience becomes tyranny."
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
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"Freedom is participation in power; whoever is prevented from participation is unfree."
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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"Power is the ability to affect change in the world."
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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"Power reveals who we truly are when no one is watching."
Federigo Tozzi
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"Power corrupts; love liberates."
Elsa Morante
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"The power to change the world begins with the power to change ourselves."
Elio Vittorini
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"Fear is the tool of tyrants"
Primo Levi
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"A powerful man is likened to water."
Cesare Pavese
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"The measure of a man is what he does with power."
Cesare Pavese
"Power without compassion is merely tyranny with refinement."
Salvatore Quasimodo
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"The masses are manipulated through images and manufactured desires."
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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"Language is violence wrapped in civility."
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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"Words are actions; they shape reality as much as bullets do."
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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"Words are the primary instruments of domination."
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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"Power shows what we truly are beneath pretense."
Federigo Tozzi
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"Power without conscience becomes the machinery of evil."
Federigo Tozzi
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"Men build empires knowing they will crumble, yet they build anyway."
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
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"The power to bear witness is the power to preserve the world."
Primo Levi
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"Power that does not listen becomes tyranny."
Elsa Morante
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"The power to change the world lies in the hands of those willing to question authority."
Elio Vittorini
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"Power without conscience is tyranny."
Dino Buzzati