Russell Wilson Quotes

Is not Precedent indeed a King of men? A Word from the Psalmist.

As soon as a certain number of living beings are gathered together ... they place themselves instinctively under the authority of a chief. In the case of human crowds the chief is often nothing more than a ringleader or agitator, but as such he plays a considerable part.

A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own.

One who takes on the humiliation of the State Is called a Ruler: worthy of offering sacrifices to the gods of earth millet; One who takes on himself the calamity of the State Is called a King: worthy of dominion over the entire Empire.

If a great multitude of men should call one of their number King, unless this instituted Prince, appear in greater visible splendor then others, can reward those that obey and please him, and do the contrary to others; his Institution signifies little, even although he chance to have greater corporal or mental faculties, than any other of the number

KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to speak of.

There have been a lotta tough guys. There have been pretenders. And there have been contenders. But there is only one king.

Sovereign of the known world

His essence was force ... the relish of power, and command.

The Ethiopians … are said to be the tallest and handsomest men in the whole world. In their customs they differ greatly from the rest of mankind, and particularly in the way they choose their kings; for they find out the man who is the tallest of all the citizens, and of strength equal to his height, and appoint him to rule over them.

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

A king, from being a father to his people, degenerates into a tyrant, and forfeits all right to obedience.

No true and perfect human society can be conceived which is not governed by some supreme authority…. Do the sheep when they are all assembled together rule and guide the shepherd?

You are for kings the ears with which they hear, the eyes with which they see, the tongues with which they speak, the hands with which they strike.

A leader without followers is just a man taking a walk.

For me, power was never an attraction.

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

A king without power is an absurdity.

People said I was king, but I was never king, and I say I'm the prime minister.

Rick Rude is the reason I even got abs in the first place. I was just a fan of the way he did things. He was the kind of guy who would walk into a room and automatically take control.

I think, at heart, I'm a leader.

Was Effenberg a leader because he projected presence or because he had a presence? There is a difference.

To make sense of bossiness, we need to tease apart two fundamental aspects of social hierarchy that are often lumped together: power and status. Power lies in holding a formal position of authority or controlling important resources. Status involves being respected or admired.

The animal's heart is the basis of its life, its chief member, the sun of its microcosm; on the heart all its activity depends, from the heart all its liveliness and strength arise. Equally is the king the basis of his kingdoms, the sun of his microcosm, the heart of the state; from him all power arises and all grace stems.

People tend to rally around power.