Jonathan Swift Quotes

The American people do not begrudge anyone his or her power until they start abusing it.

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.

Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.

Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this.

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

Power must be held accountable. If it is not held accountable, it will wreak havoc on all why try to hold it accountable. Global power must be held accountable globally.

Shall any man be above justice? Above all shall that man be above it, who can commit the most extensive injustice?

The ruler will be interrogated not only about his own unjust deeds but also about those of his staff

The possession of power does not necessarily imply its unrighteous or oppressive use, although it generally awakes suspicion.

We have to entrust power to someone, but nobody can be entrusted with power. That is our dilemma.

The most powerful person can wind up in jail.

I don't want The Flash to become a vigilante. I don't want him to abuse the power.

Power breeds responsibilities, in international affairs as in domestic - or even private. To dodge or disclaim these responsibilities is one form of the abuse of power.

O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.

Power always brings with it responsibility.

The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.

You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.

My nature is that when I see abuses of power, I want to expose those abuses.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

Believing a person deserves a defence is not the same as doing anything in your power to get him off scot-free.

There is no man more dangerous, in a position of power, than he who refuses to accept as a working truth the idea that all a man does should make for rightness and soundness, that even the fixing of a tariff rate must be moral.

In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.