Edward Hoagland Quotes

It always impresses me when a person of small stature has command.

I know people fear me when they see me in their mirrors. It's a good position to be in because they know they need to defend to the limit.

I was a lady gunda in school. Everyone was scared of me, and I was really short and round.

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.

Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.

Machiavelli taught me it was better to be feared than loved. Because if you are loved they sense you might be weak. I am a man of the people and help them but it is important to do so through strength.

Sometimes power is all a person has, so they will protect it even unto their own destruction, for without power they have nothing.

What we depend upon in a political leader is the fact that if necessary he will kill for us…. If he is not willing to shed blood we are afraid of him. He must protect us.

Germans understand only force.

Darkness is good. Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That's power.

When the bell rings in between the ropes, I'm in charge. No one can touch me. That's my time, no one can touch me.

A thick stick in one's hand makes people respectful.

Aubrey's voice when he answered was soft. "I'm one of the reasons they wouldn't dare.

I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.

We were not born to sue, but to command.

The more power there is, the more bondage, the more fear.

Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid of me.

The king's name is a tower of strength.

I would rather you love me, but if not love, fear will do.

Well I stand up next to a mountain, and I chop it down with the edge of my hand

Nothing is more stylish than power.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your hand and showing it to them.

People with leverage have dominance over people with less leverage. In other words, just as humans gained advantages over animals by creating leveraged tools, similarly, humans who use these tools of leverage have more power over humans that do not. Saying it more simply, 'leverage is power'.

Oh yes, right—right. What is the use of having right on your side if you have not got might?