power Quotes

Politicians never truly rest because they are always aiming for something beyond just political life itself, like power, fame, or happiness.

Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.

We ought, so far as it lies within our power, to aspire to immortality, and do all that we can to live in conformity with the highest that is within us; for even if it is small in quantity, in... ...

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea.

Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them.

"Force always attracts men of low morality."

People are more easily influenced by fear than by respect.

And so long as they were at war, their power was preserved, but when they had attained empire they fell, for of the arts of peace they knew nothing, and had never engaged in any employment higher than war.

Tyrants preserve themselves by sowing fear and mistrust among the citizens by means of spies, by distracting them with foreign wars, by eliminating men of spirit who might lead a revolution, by humbling the people, and making them incapable of... ...

"When a mystery is too overpowering, one dare not disobey."

Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear who can, if they like, encroach, is far greater, for the weaker are always asking for equality and... ...