Quotes about Power

Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong;And the most ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong.

I am already kindly disposed towards you. My friendship it is not in my power to give: this is a gift which no man can make, it is not in our own power: a sound and healthy friendship is the growth of time and circumstance, it will spring up and thrive like a wildflower when these favour, and when they do not, it is in vain to look for it.

Feeling comes in aid Of feeling, and diversity of strength Attends us, if but once we have been strong.

Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul: While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things.

Imagination, which in truth Is but another name for absolute power And clearest insight, amplitude of mind, And reason, in her most exalted mood.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been tried from time to time.

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.

The wars of peoples will be more terrible than those of kings.

I have not become the King's First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.