L. Frank Baum Quotes

There are probably several hundred thousand if we narrow the definition to include only those who in their search for money and power are ruthless and deceitful.

Under every stone lurks a politician

Everybody has their own agenda, and that makes 'Power' a dark world. There aren't any really clean characters.

Money makes everybody evil when you think about it.

Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life.

I am probably the most selfish man you will ever meet in your life. No one gets the satisfaction or the joy that I get out of seeing kids realize there is hope.

Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them.

Any time there is a lot of money or ego involved, people tend to behave badly.

There are no generalizations in American politics that vested selfishness cannot cut through.

A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.

When you have enough power to do what you always wanted to do, then you see what the guy always wanted to do.

I'm a selfish, little pig of a man.

Lust and greed are more gullible than innocence.

I think Bush has a very selfish, arrogant point of view. I think he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth is the only truth, and that he will do what he wants to do despite the people.

I'm just selfish. I have to be for what I do.

Men tend to be selfish.

As governor, I don't want my fair share. I want more than my fair share.

Power has long been regarded as morally corrosive, and we often suspect the intentions of those who seek it.

Our public figures are often narcissists, utterly self-absorbed in their quest for power.

A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.

An organized effort is making to deceive the people. There are two great enemies of thought and progress, the aristocracy of royalty and the aristocracy of gold.

War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.

Success and money can really be quite blinding.

Something happens to people around fame and power and money - it can bring out the worst and best in people; it's a monster you have to tame.

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.