“The measure of a man is what he does with power.”
“Purchasing power is a license to purchase power.”
“Power is every stealing from the many to the few.”
“No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.”
“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”
“The man whose authority is recent is always stern.”
“The power to do good is also the power to do harm.”
“Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.”
“The point of power is always in the present moment.”
“Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”
“If a person has no delicacy, he has you in his power.”
“Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.”
“He is the most powerful who has himself, in his power.”
“Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.”
“The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.”
“The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.”
“To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.”
“The price of power is responsibility for the public good.”
“Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.”
“To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.”
“The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.”
“The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.”
“He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none.”
“Power's footstool is opinion and his throne the human heart.”
“All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power.”
“Power over a man's subsistence amounts to power over his will.”
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
“Power never takes a step back except in the face of more power.”
“Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.”
“Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.”