"Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon."

Power, Leader, President

36

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon."

Exlpore more Power quotes

"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."

John Stuart Mill, English Philosopher

Power, Mankind, Opinion

"All the problems of the nation are nothing, in comparison to the might of God."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Power, Problems, Nation, Might, God

"Power of generalizing gives men so much the superiority in mistake over the dumb animals."

George Eliot, British Author

Power, Generalization, Truth, Superiority

"Confusion is a weapon that is used by others to gain a temporary objective or advantage."

Steven Redhead, British Author

Power, Confusion, Weapon, Advantage, Strategy

"Utilizing the Power of Your Heart is the most significant choice you will make in life."

Steven Redhead, British Author

Power, Heart, Choice, Life

"Either I would change lives or end them. The second option is always available."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Power, Change, Life, End

"In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state."

Peter L. Berger, Austrian Sociologist

Power, Possibility, Economy, State

"In my experience, influence is power."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

Power, Influence, Experience, Control

"All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

Power, Gods

"Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Power, Belief, Capitalism, Force

Explore more quotes by Oriana Fallaci

"Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon."

Power

"I am a danger to myself if I get angry."

Danger

"I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant."

Justice

"Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare."

Art

"I don't want to hear about my death."

Death

"You cannot survive if you do not know the past."

Past

"I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. There must be some human truth that is beyond religion."

Religion

"Heroes can be sweet."

Heroism

"Have you ever thought that war is a madhouse and that everyone in the war is a patient?"

War

"Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion."

Family