power Quotes

“Some people hurt others just because they can”

― George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

topic:power cruelty

“A queen loves where she must, not where she will.”

― George R. R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

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“Every citizen, it is said, must have equality, and therefore in a democracy the poor have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.”

― Aristotle, Politics

topic:power poverty equality democracy

“Being prime minister is a lonely job.”

― Margaret Thatcher, The Downing Street Years

topic:power loneliness politics

“One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them in the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.”

― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

topic:power darkness

“Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts, and all Roosevelt's friends know that his restless and combative energy was more than abnormal.”

― Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams

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“What I know for sure is this: Whatever you fear most has no power—it is your fear that has the power.”

― Oprah Winfrey, What I Know For Sure

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“When a mystery is too overpowering, one dare not disobey.”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

topic:power obedience mystery

“a prince should guard himself, above all things, against being despised and hated; and liberality leads you to both.”

― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

topic:power hate

“It is very fortunate that kings cannot err. Hence their contradictions never perplex us.”

― Victor Hugo, The Man Who Laughs

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