Quotes About Control

Political scientists almost everywhere have promoted the expansion of government power. They have functioned as the clergy of oppression.

The most intimidating world leader was Lyndon Johnson, who became U.S. President when John Kennedy was assassinated. He exulted in this power and liked to inspire fear.

When in doubt, grab power.

Power is a word the meaning of which we do not understand.

Power is lonely. Power stands apart. I have power. Therefore, I'm lonely.

The nature of power is such that it can never be understood.

The strong were always eating the weak.

Taking power away from a man is a dangerous thing. Someone always pays.

Tyranny and fantasy both like to write everyone else's lines.

Power is never measured by what you can give but by what you can actually take!

The power to wage war is the power to wage war successfully.

Power only tires those who don't exercise it.

In Russia there are special people who are permitted to do anything. They are the sacrificial priests of power. Anyone who is not a member of this group has no clout with the state.

Everybody likes to get as much power as circumstances allow, and nobody will vote for a self-denying ordinance.

Volumes in the series on Lyndon Johnson, including Master of the Senate and The Path Power, describe how Johnson created resources out of nothing and built a substantial power base.

You must be a power on earth, and must therefore accept all the consequences of this position.

Real power is control. Knowing that you can do anything...and not doing it only because you can.

I love whom I love," Prince Lir repeated firmly. "You have no power over anything that matters.

Power's twin is responsibility.

Silence and reserve suggest latent power. What some men think has more effect than what others say.

The Third Way is simply a different route to the same destination. Ultimately, the choice is always between individual human liberty and the power of government to control our lives.

Television represents what happens to a medium when the artists have no power and the businessmen are in full, unquestioned control.

The issue is we're losing leverage. Governments are increasingly getting more power and we are increasingly losing our ability to control that power, and even to be aware of that power.

Where there's fear, there is power.