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Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

The property of power is to protect.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out