William O. Douglas Quotes

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

If I wanted, I could have ruled half of Bombay.

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

That power which had both the purse and the sword, had the government of the whole country, and might extend its powers to any and to every object.

I’m the constitution around here now.

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

Headmasters have powers at their disposal which Prime Ministers have never yet been invested.

To rule means to exercise power, and only he who possesses power can exercise it. This direct connection of power and rule forms the fundamental truth of all politics and the key to all history.

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority.

Everybody wants power and control in their life.

Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them.

To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

I'm interested in power.

There is something behind the throne greater than the King himself.

I believe in power.

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominance.

Smash the lot of them …. Show them the fist. Prove yourself a sovereign. You are the autocrat and they should not dare to forget it.

There will be no place that the sun will shine that will not be ours.

One precedent in favor of power is stronger than an hundred against it

My deep belief in one word? Dominance.

I wanted to be the man, the King of Miami.

Where power is absent we may find the robe of genius, but we miss the throne.