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Power Quotes
"The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting."
158
"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power."
152
"What do I care about law? Ain't I got the power?"
146
"The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better."
99
"A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune. and the force of power over minds which it has corrupted or subjugated. but the difficulties of established prejudice: the man dies, but his memory lives."
96
"The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged."
96
"The nation voted us to power to see unity and communal harmony, not for any division or communality."
94
"We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power."
92
"The truth is that every intelligent man, as you know, dreams of being a gangster and of ruling over society by force alone. As it is not so easy as the detective novels might lead one to believe, one generally relies on politics and joins the cruelest party.What does it matter, after all, if by humiliating one's mind one succeeds in dominating every one? I discovered in myself sweet dreams of oppression."
88
"Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power."
87
"Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it."
83
"The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Our is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants."
82
"I have to think of my status as a resident in this country. But I do insist that in Paraguay there was order; the judiciary had the power of complete independence; justice was fully exercised."
78
"How does one man assert his power over another, Winston?Winston thought. "By making him suffer, he said."Exactly. By making him suffer. Obedience is not enough. Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his own?..."
76
"American presence is, you know, the major cause of balance of power and the stability in this region."
75
"Once the Afghan people vote and they choose their President with direct, secret ballot from all over the country, there will be a lot of difference in this country and a lot of legitimate power to flow with implementation."
72
"When I came back to power, Georgia was completely isolated on the international stage."
72
"Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best."
71
"The present U.N. must be annihilated by our power. That is the stage for Communists. We must make a new U.N."
70
"If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid."
70
"How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there is a limit to them, and their power cannot extend to every distance or to every degree."
67
"Yes, across the board, these gentlemen understand they have the power to make a difference and even educate people to injustices that are occurring in their worlds."
67
"And also, we are providing, you know, a nuclear power plant in the north, two light water systems, so some 4 or 5 billion dollars we are providing to meet with North Korean requests on the condition North Korea will not produce a nuclear weapon."
67
"I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power."
67
"I was too busy looking into Yeltsin's eyes to notice what was under the table."
67
"I don't need power at the cost of spilled blood."
65
"Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power."
64
"Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It was natural, being that my thinking was influenced by an atmosphere of active critical resistance. That was the way it was during all of the dictatorship and up to the Revolution of 1974."
64
"I think in the corridors of power these dangerous kinds of orders are issued in a much more vague way, passed down two or three levels of command before they're given to the assassin."
63
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