Political Power Quotes

"A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user." "Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas?" "The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." "The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants." "The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home" "Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it" "The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the noblest causes" "I believe that there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations " "The essence of government is power and power lodged as it must be in human hands will ever be liable to abuse " "Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few" "Fundamentalism isn't about religion, it's about power." "In a republic this rule ought to be observed, that the majority should not have the predominant power."