Quotes about power
213 quotes from 148 people
Norman Mailer1923–2007Armies of the Night (1968)Power never takes a back step — only in the face of more power.
Malcolm X1925–1965Malcolm X Speaks (1965)Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.
Malcolm X1925–1965Malcolm X Speaks (1965), p. 158Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.
Horace Mann1796–1859Lectures on Education (1855), Lecture 1Every Communist must grasp the truth: Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
Mao Zedong1893–1976Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong (The Little Red Book), Chapter 5, originally published in Problems of War and Strategy (November 6, 1938), Selected Works, Vol. II, p. 224.- Mao Zedong1893–1976Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong (The Little Red Book), Chapter 9, originally published in the Problems of War and Strategy (November 6, 1938), Selected Works, Vol. II, p. 224.
Karl Marx1818–1883Remarks against personality cults from a letter to W. Blos (10 November 1877).The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
In the anarchic world of international politics, it is better to be Godzilla than Bambi.
John Mearsheimerborn 1947“China’s Unpeaceful Rise”, Current History (2006) vol. 105 (690) p. 162
H. L. Mencken1880–1956Minority Report: H.L. Mencken’s Notebooks (1956), p. 217-218
John Stuart Mill1806–1873On Liberty (1859), Ch. III: Of Individuality, As One of the Elements of Well-BeingIn contextOne person with a belief is a social power equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
John Stuart Mill1806–1873On Representative Government (1861), Ch. I: To What Extent Forms of Government Are a Matter of Choice (p. 155)
Arthur Miller1915–20051963 interview, used in The Century of the Self (2002)To reign is worth ambition though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.
Ludwig von Mises1881–1973Liberalism (1927), Ch. 1: The Foundations of Liberal Policy § 10: The Argument of Fascism
