Power Quotes

"It is easier to hold a conquered state through fear than through love."

"The weak are always crushed by the ambitions of the strong."

"Loyalty is a luxury that princes cannot afford to indulge."

"To hold power, one must be willing to do what lesser men shrink from."

"Authority flows from the barrel of the sword, not from the pages of law."

"The cost of holding power is eternal vigilance and constant calculation."

"Ambition without wisdom leads men to their own destruction."

"Power corrupts most swiftly those who never sought it."

"Power without compassion becomes tyranny."

"The greatest power is the power to forgive."

"The wise person seeks power over themselves before seeking power over others."

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."

"O verdadeiro poder reside na capacidade de servir aos outros."

"O poder verdadeiro não vem da força, mas da sabedoria e da compaixão."

"O poder de mudar o mundo está nas mãos daqueles que ousam tentar."

"Power without conscience is the most dangerous force in creation."

"The greatest power lies not in the sword, but in the understanding of human nature."

"A prince must learn how to behave badly and use this knowledge according to necessity."

"The measure of a man is what he does with power."

"To remain in power, one must always appear powerful, regardless of inner circumstance."

"Ambition is the shadow of power; one cannot exist without the other."

"The acquisition of power requires methods that would be considered immoral in peacetime."

"In the struggle for power, virtue is often the first casualty."

"To maintain power, one must sometimes destroy those who helped one acquire it."

"The path to great power often winds through valleys of great shame."

"In the calculus of power, morality is often an unaffordable luxury."

"O poder verdadeiro é o poder sobre si mesmo."

"O poder verdadeiro é moral, não físico."

"Power without conscience is merely brutality given a uniform."