Harold MacMillan Quotes

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

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

I'm interested in power.

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

The sense of power is as strong a principle in the mind as the love of pleasure.

Power resides where men believe power resides.

The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.

Power is paradoxical.

I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.

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

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Power has no limits.

I'm not into power for the sake of it.

You know, if you think about it, the most powerful people on this earth probably never raise their voices - they just say it and people hop to, because they have that power.

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

Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.

Power is the chance to impose your will within a social context, even when opposed and regardless of the integrity of that chance.

I believe in power.

Power reveals.

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

France is obsessed with power. Our mythology of power bears the imprint of nostalgia and obsolescence.

Whoever can conquer the street will one day conquer the state.

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power. The prize of the general is not a bigger tent, but command.

Power must be strong.

Power shows the man.