Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.
If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner.
In order to obtain and hold power, a man must love it.
France is obsessed with power. Our mythology of power bears the imprint of nostalgia and obsolescence.
Anyone obsessed with power sees enemies everywhere.
The only known cure for the Presidential virus is embalming fluid.
If you worship power, you will feel weak and afraid, needing ever more power over others to keep the fear at bay.
