Ian MacKaye Quotes

Abuse of power comes as no surprise

Beware the tyranny of the weak. They just suck you dry.

Power is always a corrupting influence.

I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power.

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

Dr. Flint had sworn that he would make me suffer, to my last day, for this new crime against him, as he called it; and as long as he had me in his power he kept his word.

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.

Powerlessness also corrupts.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Power corrupts; but absolute power is really neat.

… the tools of despotism and corruption

The predator wants your silence. It feeds their power, entitlement, and they want it to feed your shame.

People who are in a position of power like to throw their weight around, and that becomes abuse.

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.

I don't need handcuffs to enslave a woman.

See, people with power understand exactly one thing: violence.

The prostitutes worked for a pimp now. He was splendid and cruel. He was a god to them. He took their free will away from them, which was perfectly all right. They didn't want it anyway. It was as though they had surrendered themselves to Jesus, for instance, so they could live unselfishly and trustingly-except that they had surrendered to a pimp instead.

Harassment is about power---the undue exercise of power by a superior over a subordinate.

Is this something new, having people stomp on you? Is it what I need to do for your pleasure?

Corruption is just another form of tyranny.

A good deal of tyranny goes by the name of protection.

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

A suppressing person isn't critical. A suppressing person is a person who denies the rights of others.