Ludwig August von Rochau Quotes

I’m the constitution around here now.

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.

They who possess the prince possess the laws.

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

To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand.

I was the law and order.

I'm interested in power.

Rulers come and go; governments end and forms of government change; but sovereignty survives.

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

All leaders must have some power. Without power, you can't be a leader.

It is easy to rule over the good.

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

Politics is activity in relation to power.

I like control.

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

The greatest power is not money power, but political power.

As of now, I am in control here in the White House.

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

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

Politics is the art of controlling your environment.

The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Great is the hand that holds dominion over man by a scribbled name.

One hardly saves a world without ruling it.