Walter Savage Landor Quotes

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

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

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.

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

One hardly saves a world without ruling it.

Without any doubt, I am striving for power.

I want to be what I've always wanted to be: dominant.

See, I have taken England with both my hands

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

My deep belief in one word? Dominance.

At the end of the day, I'm the king. I'm in my throne, you know? If you want to come see me, come see me.

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

Rulership is in our genes, dominion is in our makeup. We were designed to rule the earth.

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

Power tires only those who do not have it.

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

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

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

I'm interested in power.

In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.

Glory to Man in the highest! For Man is the master of things.

That power which had both the purse and the sword, had the government of the whole country, and might extend its powers to any and to every object.

I’m the constitution around here now.