The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human creature that walks.

Power can corrupt, but absolute power is absolutely delightful.

The central opposition between magic and science is the opposition between power and knowledge.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

We can't do without dominating others or being served... Even the man on the bottom rung still has his wife, or his child. If he's a bachelor, his dog. The essential thing, in sum, is being able to get angry without the other person being able to answer back.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

No man is wise enough nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.

To be a great autocrat you must be a great barbarian.

Omnipotence is bought with ceaseless fear.

God is usually on the side of big squadrons against little ones.