Monopoly of Power Quotes

Big corporations are all to be nationalized.

Overly concentrated power, whether in public, private or even in civic hands is an invitation to abuse.

The few practice lawful plunder upon the many, a common practice where the right to participate in the making of law is limited to a few persons.

Mafia is the best example of capitalism we have.

Every emperor wants his power to last generation after generation. But can they? The Communist Party cannot monopolize all of the power in the country forever. This is a reality they must accept.

What is a uni-polar world? No matter how we beautify this term, it means one single centre of power, one single centre of force and one single master.

As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable.

There can be no such thing as "limited government," because there is no way to control an entity that in principle enjoys a monopoly of power.

No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.

I've never been an oligarch. The definition of an oligarch is someone who has co-operated with the government, and I never did.

And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.

Large power distances in a society mean fewer checks and balances and stronger temptation for power holders to illegally enrich themselves. Enlightened rulers can impose checks where traditional culture does not provide them

There aren’t any independents anymore.

To ordain that any kind of persons shall not be physicians, or shall not be advocates, or shall not be Members of Parliament, is to injure not them only, but all who employ physicians or advocates, or elect Members of Parliament, and who are deprived of the stimulating effect of greater competition…

In a blind town, the one-eyed man is king.

... liberal intellectualstend to have a classical theory of politics, in which the state has a monopoly of power; hoping thatthose in positions of authority may prove to be enlightened men, wielding power justly, they are natural, if cautious, allies of the "establishment.

There should be only one bishop in England and only one prelate, and all the lands and tenements now held by them should be confiscated, and divided among the commons, only reserving for them a reasonable sustenance.