Power Dynamics Quotes

"When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us." "If there is disturbance in the camp, the general's authority is weak." "Those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform; they entice him with something he is certain to take, and with lures of ostensible profit they await him in strength." "Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak." "In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way." "I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control." "To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal" "In my house I'm the boss, my wife is just the decision maker" "If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals." "Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners" "There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience" "The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class" "No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent" "Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor"