Famous Quotes

"Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence."

Thomas Jefferson on Power

More quotes about Power

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

  Abraham Lincoln on Power

• "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."

  Margaret Thatcher on Power

• "Knowledge will give you power, but character respect."

  Bruce Lee on Power

• "All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Power

• "Character is power."

  Booker T. Washington on Power

More quotes by Thomas Jefferson

• "In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty."

• "Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories."

• "It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself."

• "One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more."

• "When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred."