There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.
Good & EvilVoldemort / Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StonePower is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
Margaret ThatcherPower doesn't come to those who were born strongest, it comes to those who will do anything to achieve it.
Silco in Arcane, Season 1 Episode 2What do all men with power want? More power.
The Matrix - Reloaded, by Das OrakelRemember, with great power. comes great responsibility!
Responsibility, StrengthSpider-Man - 2, by Uncle BenYou should know that all power comes at a price. For every bit of power you gain, so too do you gain more responsibility.
Zhongli in Genshin ImpactThe best people to have power are the ones who don't want it.
Kit HaringtonI object to intellect without discipline; I object to power without constructive purpose.
Mister Spock in Star Trek, Season 1 Episode 17Do you know the oldest lie in America, Senator? It's that power can be innocent.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, by Lex LuthorPower resides where men believe it resides.
Lord Varys in Game of Thrones, Season 2 Episode 3A crown is merely a hat that doesn't protect you from the rain.
Frederick the GreatHave you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!
RevolutionAlbus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceCalmness is the hallmark of those who are mighty.
Escanor in The Seven Deadly Sins, Season 3 Episode 11It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.
PoliticsAndrew JacksonBeing president doesn’t change who you are; it reveals who you are.
Michelle Obama, August 2020, Democratic National ConventionOur power comes from the perception of our power.
Mikhail Gorbachev in Chernobyl, Episode 2Power is knowing that you can do whatever you want, and not one person can stop you.
Motherless Brooklyn, by Moses RandolphPower is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip.
Influencers, FingersNancy GibbsThe revolutions of the Arab Spring happened because people realized they were the power.
Revolution, 2011Mohammed MorsiThe thing women must do to rise to power is to redefine their femininity. Once, power was considered a masculine attribute. In fact, power has no sex.
Women's RightsKatharine GrahamHave you considered the best ruler might be the one who doesn't want to rule?
Lord Varys in Game of Thrones, Season 8 Episode 4You are a good man, with a good heart. And it’s hard for a good man to be a king.
KingsBlack Panther, by ZuriA crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.
Pearl BaileyTo look powerful is to be powerful.
Victoria Aveyard in Die Farben des BlutesPower does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
CorruptionJohn SteinbeckNothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.
GovernmentsDavid HumeThe truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
James MadisonFor what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?
SoulMark, 8,36You may not realize this, but people have the power to change the world.
Steven MorrisseyOnce people imagine themselves in the Oval, there's no turning back.
Claire Underwood in House of Cards, Season 3 Episode 4I've always said that power is more important than money. But when it comes to elections, money gives power.
MoneyFrancis Underwood in House of Cards, Season 3 Episode 2The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful, and then only for a short while.
KnowledgeAlbert Einstein, The New Quotable EinsteinI always loathed the necessity of sleep. Like death, it puts even the most powerful men on their backs.
SleepingFrancis Underwood in House of Cards, Season 2 Episode 10Always remember that power is a double-edged blade. One side light, the other dark. It calls to you when you are most desperate. When victory seems worth any sacrifice. There is a price to be paid for such a gift. And many eagerly accept the bargain. The righteous and the meek may recoil at its cost... But they have no vision! Power alone is not to be feared. Fear instead those who wield it!
Hearthstone - Knights of the Frozen Throne, by Jaina ProudmooreMoney is the McMansion in Sarasota, that starts falling apart after ten years. Power is the old stone building that stands for centuries.
MoneyFrancis Underwood in House of Cards, Season 1 Episode 2Power is a lot like real-estate. It's all about location. The closer you are to the source, the higher your property value.
Francis Underwood in House of Cards, Season 1 Episode 1With great power comes great bullshit.
Life is Strange, by Maxine CaulfieldBig men fall just as quick as little ones, if you put a sword through their hearts.
Swords & BladesJon Snow in Game of Thrones, Season 3 Episode 1The powerful have always preyed on the powerless, that's how they became powerful in the first place.
Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones, Season 5 Episode 1Any man who must say, 'I am the king', is no true king.
KingsTywin Lannister in Game of Thrones, Season 3 Episode 10So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the king. Obey the king. Obey your father. Protect the innocent. Defend the weak. But what if your father despises the king? What if the king massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another.
LoyaltyJaime Lannister in Game of Thrones, Season 2 Episode 7A man without friends is a man without power.
Renly Baratheon in Game of Thrones, Season 2 Episode 4Do you really think the crown gives you power?
GovernmentsTywin Lannister in Game of Thrones, Season 3 Episode 10The book spoke of a king carrying the burdens of his people. It said that those who led where the lowest of men, for they were required to serve everyone.
Brandon Sanderson in The Stormlight Archive - The Way of KingsCrowns do queer things to the heads beneath them.
Kings, MonarchyGeorge R. R. Martin in A Song of Ice and Fire - 3 - Der Thron der Sieben KönigreicheYou think the people of this country exist to provide you with position. I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom.
Braveheart, by William WallaceThor: "Do you see yourself above them?"
Loki: "Oh yes."
Thor: "Then you miss the truth of ruling, brother."
In the end, what seperates a man from a slave? Money? Power? No, a man chooses, a slave obeys.
BioShock, by Andrew RyanWhen power leads men towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations.
Poems, ArroganzJohn F. KennedyIt is a curious thing, Harry, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who, like you, have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.
Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows