The lion cares less about being king of the beasts than about finding his dinner.
Out of power, Marxism can develop critical intelligence; in power, it quickly becomes stupid.
Lawyers may reason powerfully, but power settles most issues.
All the powers of imagination combine in hypochondria.
Power makes gods. Virtue makes martyrs.
Intelligence without power cannibalizes itself.
Knowledge and power in the city; peace and decency in the country.
Errors are more numerous than truths, but fortunately too divided among themselves to take power.
Helplessness is a mighty power.
Children must be protected not because they are innocent but because they are powerless.
If you have no power, talk about your influence. If you have power, talk about the constraints that hem you in.
The party out of office becomes the articulate one.
Everyone values the good nature of a man with a gun.
The more powerless people are, the longer they are kept waiting.
