A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.
Henry Ward Beecher
A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.
Pierre Corneille
All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
Victor Hugo
Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.
Baruch Spinoza
America has a critical role to play as the most powerful member of the world community.
Adam Schiff
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
Abigail Adams
Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
Margaret Thatcher
But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful.
Alan Watts
Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.
Barney Frank
