Tony Blair Quotes

I don't seek power and do not run around.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

The most important thing about power is to make sure you don't have to use it.

Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.

I don't want to be too power-hungry.

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

The fellow that has power is the one who uses it sparingly ... I had more power when I went into office than when I went out.

Power? It’s like a Dead Sea fruit; when you achieve it, there’s nothing there.

Force is never more operative than when it is known to exist but is not brandished.

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

Power may be defined as the production of intended effects

Power is seductive.

Power in itself has never attracted me, nor has position been my goal.

I never say someone is powerful.

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.

It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.

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

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

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

Power is paradoxical.

I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.

Power is the ability to get things done.

The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.

The hardest thing I have done is given up power.

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