Gore Vidal Quotes

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

Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society.

They who possess the prince possess the laws.

Men love power.

Power is insinuating. Few men are satisfied with less power than they are able to procure.

The whole conversation of my work has to do with power and who has it.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

Well, I have an interest in power. I have an interest in people who find themselves in the position to exercise absolute power.

The power to define the situation is the ultimate power.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

To some people, power is a noun. To others, it's a verb.

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

Design is not so much a design issue as a power struggle.

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

Like most animals, we're wired to associate height with power.

Politics is the art of dominating men.

You are afraid of the one, I, of the few.... You are apprehensive of monarchy, I, of aristocracy.

I realized that there is only one way to be right, and that is to be in power.

I do understand power, whatever else may be said about me. I know where to look for it and how to use it.

The people who exercise the power are not always the same people over whom it is exercised.

Leadership and power vacuums will be filled.

To be frank, politics is about wanting power, getting it, exercising it, and keeping it.

It is not a mistake to want power.

I don't care about keeping seats of power.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around.