Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2003-07-08 Jul 8, 2003From the saintly and single-minded idealist to the fanatic is often but a step.~ Friedrich August von HayekThose in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.~ Eric HofferIf absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?~ Harry Shearer Jul 7, 2003The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.~ Baltasar Gracian Jul 4, 2003Fear is the foundation of most governments; but it is so sordid and brutal a passion, and renders men in whose breasts it predominates so stupid and miserable, that Americans will not be likely to approve of any political institution which is founded on it.~ John AdamsYou see what power is -- holding someone else's fear in your hand and showing it to them!~ Amy TanIt is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.~ Eric HofferPower never takes a back step -- only in the face of more power.~ Malcolm X Jul 3, 2003The merit of our Constitution was, not that it promotes democracy, but checks it.~ Horatio SeymourPrivate opinion is weak, but public opinion is almost omnipotent.~ Harriet Beecher StowePeople demand freedom only when they have no power.~ Friedrich Nietzsche Jul 2, 2003It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.~ David BrinUltimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.~ Elie WieselOne man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't.~ George Bernard ShawIf you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't been in bed with a mosquito.~ Anita Roddick Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print