Oliver Cromwell Quotes

How success changes the opinion of men!

To be frank, politics is about wanting power, getting it, exercising it, and keeping it.

David Cameron has a lot of credibility and influence.

Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.

It's all about impressing people.

People change their opinion according to your position. And both politicians and bureaucrats begin to take you more seriously, as they suddenly feel you have become more important.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

Prestige is the shadow of money and power.

There's no Peter York Foundation, and you're no one without one.

When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police.

Politics is its own world. It is a court and if the king's eye lights on you, you are a powerful figure. If the king's eye wanders elsewhere, you are out, whatever your title.

Your part can be the king, but unless people are treating you like royalty, you ain't no king, man.

I actually don't know anyone who wants to be famous for fame's sake, at least not anyone I respect. But you need to have a certain amount of power in order to be able to do what you want.

To worship the people is to be worshipped.

Politicians respect a lot of things, but nothing so much as success.

You can’t be rich, strong, and loved, particularly by those who are not rich or strong.

Lofty posts make great men greater still, and small men much smaller.

The possession of great powers no doubt carries with it a contempt for mere external show.

When people start to perceive you as the big guy, you're not allowed to be scrappy, fierce.

The most powerful people in my town were the doctors and the lawyers. I didn't really have any experience dealing with really powerful people until I started practicing law.

I feel people look up to me.

Celebrities are the doormats to power.

Political organizations are formed to keep the powerful in power.

The problem with politics isn't the money; it's the power.