Power Quotes
Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.
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"Power is the responsibility to lift others."Dino Buzzati
"Language is a form of power. To control language is to control thought."Pier Paolo Pasolini
"The masses are not enlightened; they are manipulated by those who own the media."Pier Paolo Pasolini
"The cost of power is the surrender of authenticity."Cesare Pavese
"Power reveals character, not creates it."Primo Levi
"Power without accountability corrupts."Primo Levi
"Power without wisdom is merely destruction."Federigo Tozzi
"Power is most evident in those who refuse to use it."Federigo Tozzi
"Power corrupts, but powerlessness corrupts absolutely."Italo Svevo
"Power is the ability to influence others positively."Italo Svevo
"Power corrupts most thoroughly those who believe themselves righteous."Elsa Morante
"Power is given to those who can bear its weight."Cesare Pavese
"Power operates most effectively when it remains invisible."Pier Paolo Pasolini
"Power without compassion is tyranny; compassion without power is ineffectual."Elio Vittorini
"The power of a single person to change history is underestimated."Primo Levi
"Power corrupts those who believe they are entitled to it."Dino Buzzati
"The power of words lies in their ability to create or destroy."Dino Buzzati
"The power to change others begins with the power to change ourselves."Italo Svevo
"Power corrupts most those who believe they deserve it."Elsa Morante
"Power is not something external to the text."Umberto Eco
"The text is an instrument of power."Umberto Eco
"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."Umberto Eco
"Power is the ability to make things happen."Umberto Eco
"Power reveals itself most clearly in what it forbids."Pier Paolo Pasolini
"Power corrupts most swiftly those who believe themselves exceptional."Primo Levi
"Power is the illusion of those who have forgotten what it feels like to be powerless."Elsa Morante
"Power corrupts, but powerlessness destroys"Italo Svevo
"The only measure of true power is how much you can give away."Cesare Pavese
"Power corrupts most easily those who believe they are powerless."Dino Buzzati
"Power reveals character; poverty reveals it even more."Dino Buzzati