“Woes and wonders of Power, that tonic hell, synthesis of poison and panacea.”
Power reveals character. These quotes explore authority, influence, control, and the recurring lesson of history that power is dangerous precisely because it feels so good to the person who has it.
“The rules have changed. True power is held by the person who possesses the largest bookshelf, not gun cabinet or wallet.”
“Woes and wonders of Power, that tonic hell, synthesis of poison and panacea.”
“We believe in a flexible union of free member states who share treaties and institutions and pursue together the ideal of co-operation, to represent and promote the values of European civilisation in the world, advance our shared interests by using our collective power to open markets, and to build a strong economic base across the whole of Europe.”
“The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.”
“Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by myself.”
“There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.”
“Power and violence are opposites where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in power's disappearance.”
“There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords.”
“It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.”
“Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.”
“The power of visibility can never be underestimated.”
“In the next 10 years, I expect at least five billion people worldwide to own smartphones, giving every individual with such a phone instant access to the full power of the Internet, every moment of every day.”
“There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.”
“Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.”
“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.”
“Before, I was really passive, all I cared about was being in love with my boyfriend. I didn't have any creative power, nothing. I don't know that person any more.”