Quotes about power
There have existed, in every age and every country, two distinct orders of men - the lovers of freedom and the devoted advocates of power.
Robert Hayne
Power flows to the man who knows how. Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.
Elbert Hubbard
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln
No one's happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or to destroy.
Ayn Rand
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
Elie Wiesel
The great question which, in all ages, has disturbed mankind and brought on them the greatest part of those mischiefs which have ruined cities, depopulated countries, and disordered the peace of the world, has been, not whether there be power in the world, not whence it came, but who should have it.
John Locke
Power exercised with violence has seldom been of long duration, but temper and moderation generally produce permanence in all things.
Seneca
There are only two powers in the world - the spirit and the sword; and in the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
Napoleon Bonaparte
In seasons of tumult and discord, bad men have the most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quitness.
Tacitus
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