Power Quotes

"If you want power, at some point you will have to convince some humans to trust you" "When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve." "6: Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you." "The tongue is mightier than the blade" "He who builds on the people builds on mud" "Ideas are, in truth, forces infinite too for good or evil" "I believe that there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations " "The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another." "The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness." "We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?" "Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong" "He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command" "For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit." "It is not truth that matters, but victory." "Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices."