Joseph Addison Quotes

Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.

The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

Power has no limits.

I'm interested in power.

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power. The prize of the general is not a bigger tent, but command.

The sense of power is as strong a principle in the mind as the love of pleasure.

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority.

My deep belief in one word? Dominance.

I just want to be dominant.

Do you want power over something? Be more nearly real than it.

To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand.

I like control.

I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

I don't seek power and do not run around.

I like power and I like to use it.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.

I'm not into power for the sake of it.

You know, if you think about it, the most powerful people on this earth probably never raise their voices - they just say it and people hop to, because they have that power.

Like most animals, we're wired to associate height with power.

Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.