Power Quotes
Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.
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"Power operates through culture and meaning as much as through coercion."Searle, John
"The truly powerful person is not the one who bends others to their will, but the one who has mastered their own soul."Foot, Philippa
"Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is futility."Davidson, Donald
"Power over others is fleeting; power over self is eternal."Wisdom, John
"Power is in the ability to say no to what does not serve."Wisdom, John
"To command is to use language."Austin, John Langshaw
"Power gained without wisdom is power waiting for its own collapse."Wisdom, John
"Power is at its greatest when it is used to uplift rather than dominate."Wisdom, John
"The power of thought is in its subtlety."Moore, George Edward
"The most efficient system of control is the one that makes its subjects believe they are free."Arendt, Hannah
"Totalitarian rule seeks not to make men free, but to make them superfluous."Arendt, Hannah
"Power corrupts not because it gives men the opportunity to do evil, but because it constrains them to do so."Arendt, Hannah
"Power without responsibility is tyranny; power with wisdom is service."Wisdom, John
"Power corrupts; only self-awareness and humility can prevent corruption."Wisdom, John
"Power without accountability corrupts inevitably."Moore, George Edward
"Power gained through understanding proves more durable than power through force."Austin, John Langshaw
"Power without love is reckless and love without power is sentimental."Weil, Simone
"Power understood rightly is service."Weil, Simone
"Totalitarianism is never content to rule by external means, namely, through the state and a machinery of violence; it needs to dominate the inner man."Arendt, Hannah
"The power to act is the power to begin something new."Arendt, Hannah
"True power is the power to love."Rosenzweig, Franz
"Power without love is tyranny."Rosenzweig, Franz
"Power without the capacity for self-reflection inevitably becomes corrupted."Strawson, Peter Frederick
"Power over others is less fundamental than the power to shape our common world together."Strawson, Peter Frederick
"Power without compassion is tyranny."Moore, George Edward
"True power is the ability to choose not to use power."Moore, George Edward
"Power is always acquired by force or fraud."Weil, Simone
"The pursuit of power is the rejection of love."Weil, Simone
"Power without conscience is tyranny in waiting."Moore, George Edward
"Power is nothing if it serves only itself."Rosenzweig, Franz
