power Quotes

For those who possess and can wield arms are in a position to decide whether the constitution is to continue or not

Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.

No one loves the person they fear.

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

Revolutions are effected in two ways, by force and by fraud.

A life of wealth and many belongings is only a means to happiness. Honor, power, and success cannot be happiness because they depend on the whims of others, and happiness should be self-contained, complete in itself.

Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make what revolutions they please. [Thus,] there is no end to observations on the difference between the... ...

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.

It is also in the interests of a tyrant to make his subjects poo...the people are so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for plotting.