Will Rogers Quotes

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

I don't seek power and do not run around.

Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.

They who possess the prince possess the laws.

Power is insinuating. Few men are satisfied with less power than they are able to procure.

I have no interest in the trappings of power.

What is 'power' anyway? Power is an ego trip. Power is a way to rise yourself up by lowering others, and I want nothing of it.

People with real power never fear of losing it. People with control think of little else.

Power is not a means; it is an end.

Authority is not a quality one person 'has', in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.

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

Our schools and colleges are turning out people who cannot feel fulfilled unless they are telling other people what to do.

The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements.

Well, I have an interest in power. I have an interest in people who find themselves in the position to exercise absolute power.

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

You are controlling because I want you to do it, not because of the situation or what needs to be done.

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

I like power and I like to use it.

The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.

He who allows me to rule is in fact my master.

Like most animals, we're wired to associate height with power.

Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society.

Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.

I don't want to be too power-hungry.