Quotes About Control

There should be a law that you can't shut down the government - that you don't have that power.

Power broken into a thousand pieces can be hidden and disowned.

I don't want power. I just object to idiots having power over me.

Power, like fear, had a taste. But power tasted better.

Power rests in tranquillity.

Political liberty is nothing else but the diffusion of power.

Information is currency. ... Power is a place as well as a verb; it is inside the information tent.

Even the most despotic government cannot stand except for the consent of the governed.... Immediately the subject ceases to fear the despotic force, his power is gone.

Whilst power, superimposed, always needs the help of the police and the military, power generated from within should have little or no use of them.

Those carried away by power are soon carried away.

It is within our power not to make a judgement about something, and so not disturb our minds; for nothing in itself possesses the power to form our judgements.

Consider that everything is opinion, and opinion is in thy power.

Knowledge is power only as long as you keep your mouth shut.

Surrender doesn't obstruct power; it enhances it.

Absolute power is absolute power, no matter what it's called.

In this world, all power rests upon force.

There's power to: and everyone should have that, but everyone doesn't. Power to play Bach, or tennis, or boccie if you like. And there's power over; and no one should have that, but people do.

There is no power greater than the power of passive dependency.

Power isn't everything ...its the only thing.

Wisdom is considered a sign of weakness by the powerful because a wise man can lead without power but only a powerful man can lead without wisdom.

I'm not God, don't intend to be and hope I never have that much power.

Every power grab is the new base camp for the next power grab.

To forgive someone means to take away the power this person has over you.

Nothing has any power except the power that you give it.