Power Quotes

"I will show you the difference between us."

"If you had seen the danger of such a consolidated power, and were impressed with the apprehension of it, would you have acted as you acted?"

"There is nothing more terrible than one who believes he has the right"

"Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it insulted me."

"I am the Emir of the seas, and Allah is the God of the heavens."

"The world is a harsh and cruel place for those without power"

"What is the will and the word of the captain is the will and the word of God?"

"The tyrant grinds down his slaves with a heavy hand, and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them."

"He tasks me; he heaps me; I see in him outrageous strength with an inscrutable malice sinewing it."

"Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale."

"Revenge is the lash of the strong, pity is the weapon of the weak."

"I am the voice of the tempest that passes by."

"I have the sense of power in my mind."

"The greatest power is the power to change minds and hearts."

"It is the whale's fault"

"The crowd moves with the force of a river in flood."

"Thou hast escaped me!"

"I am not to be driven off. I may come and go as I list."

"There can be no greater power than the power of change."

"The time had come round when Miss Havisham wished to see Estella, and of course I had no choice but to obey."

"Power corrupts the hearts of men."

"All that most maddens and torments; all that stirs up the lees of things; all truth with malice in it"

"I own thy speechless, placeless power; said I not so?"

"The vast majority of people never use their real power."

"Power corrupts not through malice but through indifference."

"That old man!—I have him at my mercy!"

"Vengeance is of God; I am his instrument."

"Better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven."

"Ego non baptizo te in nomine patris, sed in nomine diaboli!"

"Is Ahab, Ahab? Is it I, God, or who, that lifts this arm?"