William Wordsworth Quotes

Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being.

La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.

Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.

Might was the measure of right.

What we really need to be understanding is that all of these things matter and they all stem from the fact that certain people live with power and authority and they want to maintain it.

If there is a State, then there is domination, and in turn, there is slavery.

Politics is the art of dominating men.

Power never takes a back step—only in the face of more power.

All political questions, all matters of right, are at bottom only questions of might.

The opinion of the strongest is always the best.

In this world, all power rests upon force.

Only force rules. Force is the first law

All politics is a struggle for power; the ultimate kind of power is violence.

Men resort to talking only when they haven't the power to enforce their convictions upon others.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, will not be given up without a struggle.

Force rules the world-not opinion; but it is opinion that makes use of force.

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

all history shows that the hand that cradles the rock has ruled the world, not the hand that rocks the cradle!

The object of power is power.

Physical violence is the basis of authority.

The only thing power respects, is power.

The most important thing about power is to make sure you don't have to use it.

Power never turns power down, ever, unless institutionally demanded.

If you were to come to Minnesota, I could have you locked up like that. That's power.

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.