Power Quotes

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

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"Providence is always on the side of the strongest batallion."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"Mankind are not held together by ties of love, but of fear."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
"We are all slaves to our passions, pretending to be free."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Power reveals the true nature of the human soul."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Power without compassion is tyranny."
Romain Rolland
"True power serves humanity."
Romain Rolland
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"Power corrupts most easily those who never expected to possess it."
François Mauriac
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"Power is most dangerous when wielded by those who believe they deserve it."
François Mauriac
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"Mankind is capable of anything because everything is in its nature"
Henry James
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"Power without principle is tyranny; principle without power is impotent"
Henry James
"Power without purpose is tyranny."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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"Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question."
Marcel Proust
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"Individuality is the chief esential of historical dignity of character."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"The human will is the greatest power upon the earth."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The power of the human will is incalculable."
Romain Rolland
"Power over others is weakness disguised."
Romain Rolland
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"The greatest power in the world is the power to change a human heart."
François Mauriac
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"Cruelty is the only passion truly satisfying to human nature."
Anatole France
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"The greatest power is the power over oneself, and the least common."
Anatole France
"Power corrupts slowly at first, then all at once."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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"Character is fate, and fate is character."
Henry James
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"The measure of a person is what they do with power."
Henry James
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"Power is the ability to influence others without force."
Marcel Proust
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"Power without morality is tyranny."
Albert Camus
"Power without wisdom is a terrible curse; wisdom without power is mere philosophy."
Romain Rolland
"Power is the ability to act; wisdom is knowing when to act and when to refrain."
Romain Rolland
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"The world has always belonged to the strong."
Simone de Beauvoir
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"The corrupt part of mankind are masters, and the good part slaves."
Montesquieu
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"The power of a man is his opinion."
Montesquieu
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"A body of magistrates is often corrupted by its spirit of body."
Montesquieu