John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

To me, the movie is about power.

Power is all. Another falsification; I do not tell how I gain or maintain it. I only record the ginger stroll through the vaguely fetid garden of its rewards.

Power is not a means; it is an end.

The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people talking about? Are they talking about muscles, or control?

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

Hegemony mean[t] that [Athens] organized and directed their combined efforts without securing permanent political power over the other[s].

The people who exercise the power are not always the same people over whom it is exercised.

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

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.

Obtain power, then, by all means; power is the law of man; make it yours.

The wielders of power did not speak for it, nor did they naturally serve it. Their interest was to use and develop power, no less natural and necessary than liberty but more dangerous.

The only thing power respects, is power.

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

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

The politicians think the journalists have power, the journalists think bankers have power, bankers think lawyers have power. The truth is, nobody has power.

Power is paradoxical.

Power is the ability to get things done.

The power to define the situation is the ultimate power.

Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.

You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

I like power and I like to use it.

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

Power is not just political. It can be cultural; it can be spiritual.

Power has no limits.