Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved. – Cornelius Nepos
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant. – John Stuart Mill
The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever. – James A. Baldwin
The love of liberty is the love of others the love of power is the love of ourselves. – William Hazlitt
Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order. – Virginia Woolf
Power is not sufficient evidence of truth. – Samuel Johnson
The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet. – Horace
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind. – John Stuart Mill
Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can. – Philip Zimbardo
Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity. But this means we then give away our power to that entity. – M. Scott Peck
Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people. – Jean de La Fontaine
An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy. – Daniel Webster
There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed. – Jackie Kennedy
Calmness is the cradle of power. – J. G. Holland
The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people. – Alexis de Tocqueville
A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it. – Jean Rostand
Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection. – Henry A. Wallace
The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed. – Mason Cooley
Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn. – Miguel de Cervantes
If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think. – Clarence Darrow
