Power Quotes

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

25234 quotes

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"He who can destroy a thing controls all things"
Paul Atreides
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"Men worship power—but power is a cage"
Gaius Helen Mohiam
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"The greatest power is the power over oneself"
Gaius Helen Mohiam
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"Power corrupts those who forget their origins."
The Consul
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"I see now that the experiment was never really about science. It was about power."
Charlie Gordon
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"The sleeper has awakened."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"He who controls the spice controls the universe."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"Power plays are the games of children."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"In the end, all power corrupts."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"He who can destroy a thing controls a thing."
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
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"Mutual assured destruction works until someone believes they can survive it"
Thomas Wade
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"Power corrupts those who believe they deserve it."
Shevek
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"I am the darkness, the universe is my witness"
Luo Ji
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"He who controls the spice controls the universe."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"Those who would control their destiny must control the spice."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"The path to power is paved with sacrifice."
Paul Atreides
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"Resistance to psychic powers is futile"
Zarniwoop
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"He who controls the spice controls the universe."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"Great houses rise and fall on the strength of a single man."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"Arrakis is the key to the universe."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"Power lies not in weapons but in the refusal to submit."
Shevek
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"He who controls the spice controls the universe."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"He who controls the spice controls the universe."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"It is my business to know what other people don't know."
Sherlock Holmes
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"Ideas are more dangerous than weapons."
Shevek
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"He who controls the spice controls the universe."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"I am the law."
Paul Atreides
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"Power without accountability becomes tyranny"
Shevek
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"I'm the kind of girl that people write songs about."
Amy Dunne
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"I'm the kind of girl men want to save."
Amy Dunne