Power Quotes
Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.
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"You have the power to control your own destiny."Joseph Heller
"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."Joseph Heller
"Power is the ability to impose your will on others. Nothing more."Cormac McCarthy
"Addiction is when you can't stop even though you desperately want to."David Foster Wallace
"Power without wisdom is the most dangerous thing in the world."Saul Bellow
"Power over others is an illusion; the only real power is over oneself."Saul Bellow
"Power corrupts those who believe they deserve it."Joseph Heller
"Power is given by those who accept powerlessness."Joseph Heller
"Power corrupts, but the fear of losing power corrupts absolutely."Norman Mailer
"Power is the ability to impose your will on reality."Norman Mailer
"The best of luck requires the worst of power."William S. Burroughs
"The pen is mightier than the sword."William S. Burroughs
"Control is the only game worth playing."William S. Burroughs
"I am primarily interested in power."William S. Burroughs
"Power is measured by what you can afford to let happen."Saul Bellow
"Power corrupts not because it is power, but because it attracts the corruptible."Joseph Heller
"Power without accountability is tyranny wearing a smile."Joseph Heller
"Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence."Philip Roth
"There is no greater power than the power to tell a story."Philip Roth
"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely, but we still need power."Norman Mailer
"Power is the ability to define reality for another person."Norman Mailer
"It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to."J.D. Salinger
"Control is always exercised through control of the language."William S. Burroughs
"The word is now flesh."William S. Burroughs
"The user is always out of control."William S. Burroughs
"Control can never be permanent because there is always someone else."William S. Burroughs
"I create my own reality."William S. Burroughs
"Words are the most powerful drug."William S. Burroughs
"Power corrupts"Allen Ginsberg
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."Kurt Vonnegut