Henry Taylor Quotes

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes.

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

That's not to say Eddie's never done anything malicious. But he never grabbed power for power's sake. His position was gained only because he has that energy, and that's naturally where he ended up.

Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and speech is the great instrument of ambition.

To deny we need and want power is to deny that we hope to be effective.

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being.

A man without passion is only a latent force, only a possibility, like a stone waiting for the blow from the iron to give forth sparks.

Men love power.

Political ambition, like other kinds of ambition, is a basic human appetite …. Like other human appetites, ambition is not evenly distributed among the population, but enough people with substantial political ambition are naturally drawn to political careers to make the problem of controlling it a major aspect of constitutional government.

Never doubt what small men will do for great power.

It is not a mistake to want power.

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

The drive for control, or the perception thereof, is truly the strongest force in human nature.

It is a mistake, that a lust for power is the mark of a great mind; for even the weakest have been captivated by it; and for minds of the highest order, it has no charms.

I'm not even born yet. I'm still trying. I'm still pushing. I don't ever want to get to a place where I feel satisfied.

Men such as they are, very naturally seek money or power; and power because it is as good as money.

Life is a search after power.

There is a comfort in conformity, a security in control, that is appealing. There is a thrill in domination, and we are all secretly attracted to violence.

Who so taketh in hand to frame any state or government ought to presuppose that all men are evil, and at occasions will show themselves so to be.

I like being powerful. I hope it doesn't go to my head. If somebody's going to have it, it might just as soon be me. There's always power, and it's just a matter of in whose hands it falls.

power, after it has ceased from troubling, is the dominant passion in human nature.

I have never really done any teaching and maybe I should have done. I am not power-mad enough.

What we have not has made us what we are. / ... / What we are not drives us to consummation.

Everybody likes to get as much power as circumstances allow, and nobody will vote for a self-denying ordinance.