L. Ron Hubbard Quotes

There are two things that interest me - and they're both power, ultimately. One is not having it and one is abusing it.

The power to do things for people is also the power to do things to people.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power.

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

People who are in power make their arrangements in secret, largely as a way of maintaining and furthering that power.

What the proprietorship of these papers is aiming at is power, and power without responsibility—the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.

The philanthropist, the politician, and the pimp are inevitably found in alliance because they have the same motives, they seek the same ends, to exist for, through, and by others

Power is a very peculiar thing. It's like the ego. The ego's only there to keep you above water. Once we realize something good about ourselves, we have a tendency to abuse the gift.

I have plumbed the depth of human cowardice and I realized that there is only one way to be right, and that is to be in power.

Every power grab is the new base camp for the next power grab.

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

Power is always a corrupting influence.

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

Power has long been regarded as morally corrosive, and we often suspect the intentions of those who seek it.

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.

He was always testing you. He was always testing his power.

If you know someone's secret, what power does that give you? How much power does that really give you? What can you do with secrets?

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

The less people know about what is going on, the easier it is to wield power and authority.

Powerlessness also corrupts.

Power protects power.

Suspect power more than vice.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.