I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.

I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from read more

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

Without his rod revers'd,
And backward mutters of dissevering power.

Without his rod revers'd,
And backward mutters of dissevering power.

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull read more

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.

We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we read more

We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable read more

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things read more

The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things for which he lends his name and pockets the credit.