PEACE AND WAR
Quotes on Power
Dear readers and Medium friends, in these times, while many people die as a direct result of the distorted ideas of a single man, I invite you to dive into reflection on the concept of power. Here is a collection of quotes that can nourish the thought.
Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.
Edward Abbey
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
John Dalberg-Acton
You only have power over people so long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything, he’s no longer in your power — he’s free again.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society.
Michel Foucault
Force always attracts men of low morality.
Albert Einstein
Power is dangerous unless you have humility.
Richard J. Daley
Man’s greatness lies in his power of thought.
Blaise Pascal
No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
Denis Diderot
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
William Pitt
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.
Alvin Toffler
The rules have changed. True power is held by the person who possesses the largest bookshelf, not gun cabinet or wallet.
Anthony J. D’Angelo
The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.
Aneurin Bevan
Power without a nation’s confidence is nothing.
Catherine the Great
Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.
Allen Klein
Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.
Eric Sevareid
The only power you have is the word no.
Frances McDormand
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
Epictetus
Because power corrupts, society’s demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
John Adams
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Øivind H. Solheim is a novel author and a nature photographer from Norway who loves writing fiction, poetry, essays, and articles helping others understand life, other humans, and themselves. He has published six novels, two non-fiction books, and a poetry book.
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