To deny we need and want power is to deny that we hope to be effective.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
We simply need to believe in the power that's within us, and use it.
People in power need to control others in order to maintain power. One of the ways to do that is to take that which is threatening and demonize it.
To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power.
Anyone who seeks power wants absolute power.
Power is the chance to impose your will within a social context, even when opposed and regardless of the integrity of that chance.
It's one of the most basic laws of human nature, isn't it? The more we are denied something, the more we want it. The more silence given to this or that topic, the more power.
Power must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and the recognition of our human capacity for error. That is the maxim that should inform our approach to every challenge, from reforming state government to engaging in foreign affairs.
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.