Power Quotes
"The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted"
"It is not power that corrupts but fear"
"The single most powerful asset we all have is our mind. If it is trained well, it can create enormous wealth."
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups"
"Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact"
"I was always dreaming about very powerful people—dictators and things like that. I was just always impressed by people who could be remembered for hundreds of years, or even like Jesus, being remembered for thousands of years."
"To rule is easy, to govern difficult"
"Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power"
"What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse"
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful "
"It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable "
"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum."
"For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit."
"You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption."
"The power to do good is also the power to do harm"