Poppy Delevingne Quotes

I almost think were I to win some small success now, I could become dictator.

Do I want to be premier? Yes, I do.

Anybody having a chance to become President usually tries to do so.

Yahya Khan wasn't interested in the government of the country, he was interested in power for its own sake and nothing else.

It is evident that not all people that have the confidence of the prime minister are the same ones that have the confidence of the head of state.

I grew up thinking that if I wanted to go be prime minister, I could.

Could I imagine myself as king? Of course I could.

I have no ambitions to be a cabinet minister, or prime minister. I wouldn't wish being prime minister on my worst enemy.

I am not entering politics to be another Knesset member. If I enter the political arena I want to be prime minister. Period.

I do not rule out the possibility of being prime minister of India one day, but there is still time.

Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs.

I very much wanted to be editor of the 'New Statesman!' But I never wanted to be prime minister, except maybe as a little boy.

No doubt it was better to have become president than not.

My fate is to be President of the Republic - or leader of the opposition.

Ambition characterizes and distinguishes national officeholders from other kinds of human beings.

Sovereignty and kingship are never decided by academic debate. They are seized by force.

What strikes me most singular in you is, that you are fonder of Power than of Fame.

I have only to raise a finger and the whole face of Europe is changed.

Power is more satisfying to some than wealth.... Power is, indeed, a heady thing—whether it be a King, a President, a Legislature, a Court, or an Administration agency that is concerned.

Anyone who gets to the top in politics is a control freak.

You need a head of state--with continuity. Sometimes this is more important than political power.

My old friend Judge Johnson used to say, "The Presidency is unlike the Kingdom of Heaven—those who seek shall never find.

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

Resolv'd to ruin or to rule the state..

It is not a mistake to want power.