Power Quotes

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

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"Power is not given to us only to be exerted against enemies; it is our duty to exercise it at all times."
Honoré de Balzac
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"Power without conscience is tyranny."
Honoré de Balzac
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"Power without wisdom is tyranny."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below"
Lord Byron
"If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear."
Mary Shelley
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"Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come."
Victor Hugo
"I am not the sort of woman to have given her place in your affections for any one; you are too acute yourself."
Jane Austen
"Vanity was the beginning and end of Sir Walter Elliot's character."
Jane Austen
"Power without virtue is tyranny."
William Wordsworth
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"Power without compassion is tyranny."
Lord Byron
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"Power used wisely becomes service."
Lord Byron
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"He only is great who has the power to break the chain."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Power without principle is tyranny."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"Power is the ability to create, not to destroy."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"To be great, one must appear great."
John Keats
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"The mind is the man, and knowledge is power."
John Milton
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"The mind is its own kingdom."
John Milton
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"To bless and curse, damn or approve."
John Milton
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"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown"
William Shakespeare
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"The greatest sweetness of power is the ability to use it"
William Shakespeare
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"I am convinced that the greatest power lies in the power of choice."
Lord Byron
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"One should as a ruler of nature, not as its slave."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Calmness is great power."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"Power corruptly wielded is the ultimate poverty."
John Milton
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"Power over others is fleeting; power over oneself is eternal."
John Milton
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"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown"
William Shakespeare
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"Men at some time are masters of their fates"
William Shakespeare
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"A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!"
William Shakespeare
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"Heavy is the head that wears a crown"
William Shakespeare
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"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves"
William Shakespeare