Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
Come not between the dragon and his wrath.
Capitalism puts things (capital) higher than life (labor). Power follows from possession, not from activity.
Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.
Ambition – the desire to succeed – to have power – leads to most ills of the human soul.
All relationships are based on power. Domination and submission. There is no other way. No equality, no congeniality, no shared domain. There is only one king in a kingdom.
All human power is a compound of time and patience.[Tout pouvoir humain est un composé de patience et de temps.]
A substitute shines brightly as a king until a king be by, and then his state empties itself, as doth an inland brook into the main of waters.
A Man’s sense of Morality tends to decrease as his Power increases.
A lion among ladies, is a most dreadful thing.
“Knowledge is power.” It is nothing of the sort! Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action, and directed to a definite end.
