Dennis Kucinich Quotes

It’s better to negotiate with a soft voice and a loaded gun, than to negotiate with just a soft voice.

Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.

The most important thing about power is to make sure you don't have to use it.

Power may be at the end of a gun, but sometimes it's also at the end of the shadow or the image of a gun.

I talk a big game because I carry a big stick.

I like power and I like to use it.

You can't go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you've got to keep it over your shoulder.

I am and always will be a leader.

You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.

Telling a man to go to hell and making him go are two different propositions.

Our sword must not be made of wood ... we must follow up on our threats if our demands are not obeyed.

Force is never more operative than when it is known to exist but is not brandished.

it is not decency or goodness or gentleness that impresses the Middle East, but strength.

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

Ronan didn't need physics. He could intimidate even a piece of plywood into doing what he wanted.

I will have you removed if you don't stop. I have a little system of my own.

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

The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements.

Power is paradoxical.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

A titled leader relies heavily on positional power to get things done; a natural leader is able to mobilize others without the whip of formal authority.

Think of your existing power as the exponent in an equation that determines the value of information. The more power you have, the more additional power you derive from the new data.

I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.

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

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.