Power Quotes

"Men are unable to forgive what they cannot punish and unable to punish what they cannot kill."

"Power is not the same thing as strength; strength is latent, while power is always actualized."

"Power reveals itself through its impossibility."

"Power operates through its concealment."

"Authentic power is the power to inspire authentic response."

"The real sin is not to use power when one has it."

"The mechanism of power corrupts even noble intentions."

"The measure of a person is what they do with power."

"Power corrupts when separated from justice, compassion, and wisdom."

"Power exercised without love becomes tyranny; love without justice remains sentimental."

"Power reveals itself most clearly in its relinquishment."

"Power's greatest expression is in knowing when not to exert itself."

"The greatest evil perpetrated is often done by nobodies, ordinary men and women simply obeying orders."

"Bureaucracy is the rule of nobody, which is the most terrible rule of all."

"Power is not the possession of the individual but emerges in the space between people."

"Power is the ability to waste without purpose."

"The highest form of intelligence is the capacity to refrain from using our power."

"Power becomes redemptive only when exercised in service of love."

"The word is creative; it makes reality conform to its utterance."

"Power operates through invisible structures."

"Domination works best when it appears natural."

"Power reveals itself most in what it cannot control."

"Power without relation becomes tyranny."

"Violence is not merely destructive; it is creative in its transgression."

"Sovereignty cannot be granted; it must be seized through rupture."

"The powerful fear laughter more than they fear weapons."

"The intellectuals are the dominant group's deputies in the exercise of subaltern functions."

"The state is the entire complex of practical and theoretical activities with which the ruling class maintains its rule."

"Power without responsibility is tyranny."

"Power without justice is merely tyranny disguised."