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In Europe first and now in America, elected men have taken it upon themselves to indebt their people to create an atmosphere of dependency. And why? For their own selfish need to increase their own personal power.

If we give up on politics, we're done for. Powerlessness is a self-fulfilling prophesy.

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.

I think a reason that a lot of people feel politically paralysed is that it used to be clear how power was organised. But those who have their hands on the levers of popular culture today have great power - and it isn't even clear who they are.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

Nothing is as sad as seeing a person who used to have power have none.

Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.

When you have a new government assume power, everyone, without exception, has to work for the benefit of the common good.

The most common reason we stumble into the delusion of powerlessness is that we're afraid of what other people would do or say or feel if we were to act as we wanted.

The best people to have power are the ones who don't want it.