Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Every organism, every human being, must conquer or serve.

It is one thing to own a woman, and it is another to have her within the bonds of an excellent mastery.

I just want to conquer people and their souls.

Conditions are ripe for triumph. We will win. And we will wield great power here.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

You don't adjust. You just dominate.

When you're on top, you're on top.

See, I have taken England with both my hands

The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection.

Truth is always the enemy of power. And power the enemy of truth.

Don’t you shit me George. You and I know who has the power in Alabama.

The power of the master must be absolute to render the submission of the slave perfect.

Resolv'd to ruin or to rule the state..

Conquest is easy. Control is not.

The master is a slave when he fears those whom he rules.

I have plumbed the depth of human cowardice and I realized that there is only one way to be right, and that is to be in power.

The greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.

Humanity always becomes a conqueror.

You must be either the servant or the master, the hammer or the anvil.

Thou must (in commanding and winning, or serving and losing, suffering or triumphing) be either anvil or hammer.

At this hour Lie at my mercy all mine enemies.

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.

If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.