Power Quotes
Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.
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"Power corrupts, but powerlessness corrupts absolutely."Joseph Heller
"Power without wisdom is tyranny."Joseph Heller
"Control is a powerful drug."William S. Burroughs
"The ultimate power is the power to affect consciousness."William S. Burroughs
"There's a violence to ambition that most people don't want to admit."Norman Mailer
"To be a man is to be a warrior; to be a woman is to be a priestess."Norman Mailer
"Power corrupts not because it is evil but because it reveals who we truly are."Norman Mailer
"Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture"Allen Ginsberg
"What is the point of authority if not to diminish it"Allen Ginsberg
"Control is never as simple as we think it is, and attempts to exert control always produce unexpected results."William S. Burroughs
"Every word you speak is a spell cast upon the world."William S. Burroughs
"Power corrupts, but knowledge liberates."William Carlos Williams
"The power of now is the only power that matters."Jack Kerouac
"I would assert the lovely and formidable power of chaos."Hart Crane
"Power used wisely is true power."Hart Crane
"The more power a person accumulates, the more desperately he needs to believe he's wise."Kurt Vonnegut
"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
"Power over others is weakness power over self is strength"Allen Ginsberg
"The power to change your life is always in your own hands."Jack Kerouac
"There is a feeling of power in being feared."Marianne Moore
"The mind is the master power that molds our lives."Marianne Moore
"Power corrupts most thoroughly when unexamined."Hart Crane
"Power is most truly exercised in restraint."Hart Crane
"Power corrupts the unprepared."Hilda Doolittle
"True power lies in surrender."Hilda Doolittle
"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, then finds himself in a position of power to use it."Kurt Vonnegut
"The power of the mind is immeasurable."William Carlos Williams
"Power used without wisdom is tyranny."William Carlos Williams
"We are all architects of our own becoming, for better or worse."Hart Crane
"Power comes from knowing your own mind."Allen Ginsberg