Quotes by Power The great inlet by which a colour for oppression has entered into the world is by one man's pretending to determine concerning the happiness of another. Edmund Burke power men world Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best. Edward Abbey anarchy worst power All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust, and that they are to account for their conduct in that trust to the one great Master, Author, and Founder of society. Edmund Burke trust power ideas I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power. Edmund Burke modification sublime power Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue. Edmund Burke politics power mind Nothing, indeed, but the possession of some power can with any certainty discover what at the bottom is the true character of any man. Edmund Burke power character men Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity. Edmund Burke arbitrary power law For as wealth is power, so all power will infallibly draw wealth to itself by some means or other; and when men are left no way of ascertaining their profits but by their means of obtaining them, those means will be increased to infinity. Edmund Burke politics power mean Power, in whatever hands, is rarely guilty of too strict limitations on itself. Edmund Burke guilty power hands You shall not pile, with servile toil, Your monuments upon my breast, Nor yet within the common soil Lay down the wreck of power to rest, Where man can boast that he has trod On him that was "the scourge of God." Edward Everett Hale toil power men Among precautions against ambition, it may not be amiss to take precautions against our own. I must fairly say, I dread our own power and our own ambition: I dread our being too much dreaded. Edmund Burke ambition power may To govern according to the sense and agreement of the interests of the people is a great and glorious object of governance. This object cannot be obtained but through the medium of popular election, and popular election is a mighty evil. Edmund Burke responsibility agreement power Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton calm aspect power Pretension is nothing; power is everything. Edwin Percy Whipple pretension power The most important thing about power is to make sure you don't have to use it. Edwin Land important power use The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive. Edward Gibbon constitution principles power Power is so characteristically calm that calmness in itself has the aspect of power, and forbearance implies strength. The orator who is known to have at his command all the weapons of invective is most formidable when most courteous. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton calm weapons power Victory; a matter of staying power. Elbert Hubbard victory power matter An actor must communicate his author's given message--comedy, tragedy, serio- comedy; then comes his unique moment, as he is confronted by the looked-for, yet at times unexpected, reaction of the audience. This split second is his; he is in command of his medium; the effect vanishes into thin air; but that moment has a power all its own and, like power in any form, is stimulating and alluring. Eleanor Robson Belmont unique power air I have now taken a serious task upon myself and I fear a greater one that is in the power of any man to perform in the given time-but it is too late to go back. Eli Whitney taken power men «1112131415161718192021»