Power Quotes

Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.

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"Women can only be in positions of power because men created them to be."
Edith Wharton
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"Every man is a king so long as he has someone lower than him on whom he can look down to."
Sinclair Lewis
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"The power to love and the power to forgive are the two greatest powers in the world."
Sinclair Lewis
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"A writer's power comes from his ability to make readers feel something real."
Ernest Hemingway
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"The greatest power is the power to forgive."
Ernest Hemingway
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"Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts."
John Steinbeck
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"Power corrupts not because it changes the powerful, but because it attracts those already inclined toward corruption."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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"Power without wisdom is merely tyranny waiting to happen."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Power corrupts the weak and reveals the true nature of the strong."
Theodore Dreiser
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"The value of a thing is not in the object itself, but in the desire it awakens."
Edith Wharton
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"A woman's real power lies in her mind, not in her appearance."
Edith Wharton
"Women are the real architects of society."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"The greatest power lies within each individual soul."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Power corrupts not because it is inherently evil, but because it removes accountability."
Theodore Dreiser
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"Power corrupts slowly, but it corrupts inevitably."
Sinclair Lewis
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"Power without accountability is tyranny."
Sinclair Lewis
"The world is full of kinds of power, not just the power of warriors."
Louisa May Alcott
"The greatest power is the power to change oneself."
Louisa May Alcott
"The mind is more powerful than any circumstance."
Louisa May Alcott
"The powerful rarely acknowledge their debt to the less fortunate."
Theodore Dreiser
"The power to change the world rests in the hands of those who dare to speak truth."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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"Power without principle is tyranny in its most insidious form."
Edith Wharton
"True power lies in moral character."
James Fenimore Cooper
"Power without virtue is tyranny."
James Fenimore Cooper
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"All geniuses are conceited."
Sinclair Lewis
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"Power rests on the consent of the governed."
Sinclair Lewis
"Our power lies in our choices, not our circumstances."
Louisa May Alcott
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"Fame gives a person a new sense of purpose, often twisted by vanity."
Washington Irving
"The strongest person is often the one most willing to compromise their principles."
Theodore Dreiser
"The greatest weapon is the ability to make others believe what serves your interests."
Theodore Dreiser