Tiberius Quotes

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

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority.

My deep belief in one word? Dominance.

If I wanted, I could have ruled half of Bombay.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

One hardly saves a world without ruling it.

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

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

Power is more satisfying to some than wealth.... Power is, indeed, a heady thing—whether it be a King, a President, a Legislature, a Court, or an Administration agency that is concerned.

To rule means to exercise power, and only he who possesses power can exercise it. This direct connection of power and rule forms the fundamental truth of all politics and the key to all history.

I just want to be dominant.

Where power is absent we may find the robe of genius, but we miss the throne.

Everybody wants power and control in their life.

Where Example keeps pace with Authority, Power hardly fails to be obey'd.

Do you want power over something? Be more nearly real than it.

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

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

I like control.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

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

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

Power tires only those who do not have it.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

My aim was never to seek a force and take power.

The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.