Power Quotes

"You either play the game or let the game play you." "Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength." "Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives—the power to retell it, rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it, and change it as times change—truly are powerless" "The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer" "Diplomacy: the art of restraining power" "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac" "In the general course of human nature, a power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will" "The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses" "The power of imagination makes us infinite" "Words can break someone into a million pieces, but they can also put them back together" "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" "History is written by the winners." "Anything which is more than our necessity is poison. It may be power, wealth, hunger, ego, greed, laziness, love, ambition, hate or anything." "I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be." "Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence." "When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve." "He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still." "Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself is utterly useless if the power to put it into effect is lacking." "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." "The purpose of war is to serve a political end but the true nature of war is to serve itself."