Power Hungry Quotes

“He loves power. A terrible love.”
― Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis

“The problem with monsters is that you need to keep them leashed, or they turn on you.”
― Holly Black, Book of Night

“You must not love them. It is easy to love power because power tells you it is majesty and beauty and greatness. But the gods were monsters. Do not even love their memory. The gods are dead.”
― Frances Hardinge, Deeplight

“From him I learned who those legislating morality and pretending to be more virtuous than the rest of us really are.”
― Susan Abulhawa, Against the Loveless World

“No organization can stay uncorrupt for long, be it a political party, a religious institution or a charity foundation - sooner or later the instinctual evils of greed and cruelty overwhelm the organization, fueled by its authoritative control over people.”
― Abhijit Naskar, When Humans Unite: Making A World Without Borders

“This planet is run by crazy people. Remember what they have to do to get where they are. Their perspective is so narrow, so...brief. A few years. In the best of them a few decades. They care only about the time they are in power.”
― Carl Sagan, Contact

“The minds of men intoxicated with power are fickle.”
― Mukta Singh-Zocchi, Game of Big Numbers

“Everybody wants power, the difference is what kind of power they want.”
― Shon mehta, Lair Of The Monster

“Those with a desire to control will exploit weakness in one’s self and the need to rely on others.”
― K. Weikel, Underdogs: The Infestation | Book 2

“On patriotism, I have very little political trust for people who love their country only when their preferred party is in power.”
― Criss Jami