Power and Influence Quotes

The career of politics, formerly considered among Americans so honorable, but latterly so much the, reverse, will once again resume its old position, and, indeed, more than its old position. It will have all the characteristics of a respectable and powerful profession, founded on merit and the interest of all its members in the work to which they have devoted their lives.

Where there is power, there is resistance.

In this country, politicians of desperate private fortunes always find the means of keeping themselves above water as public men.

Our modern politicians … claim that they are too practical to be pure and too patriotic to be moral.

You are the only man in history to every use the Presidency as a stepping stone to greatness.

I have zero interest in being vice president.

I wanted to prove that a son of a politician can be a successful businessman.

I could pose in fashion commercials as a high society star but politics is a new way of life.

Not everyone who goes to Washington becomes Washington.

Princes are like heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest.

Public men rarely keep their promises to retire from public life.

The dull, purblind folly of the very rich men, their greed and arrogance, and the corruption in business and politics, have tended to produce a very unhealthy condition.

Most of leaders in Philippine politics come from rich family.

We direct the destinies of a mighty continent. Our resources are unlimited: our means unbounded. If we be true to ourselves, the glory of other nations, in comparison to ours, shall resemble but a tale from the days of chivalry.

Look, I am in the establishment because my dad, the greatest man alive was president of the United States and my brother, who I adore as well as fantastic brother was president. Fine, I'll take it. I guess I'm part of the establishment Barbara Bush is my mom. I'll take that, too.

Washington and Hollywood spring from the same DNA.

I think if you had to choose between running a tabloid and being president of the United States, of course you'd run the tabloid, especially in New York.

Fifty percent of life in the N.B.A. is sex. The other fifty percent is money.

I didn't go into politics because I wanted to win a popularity contest.

I don't want to become Washington.

I think the corruption of power is very interesting, and I think the idea that power is something that... You know, when people want power, they're a certain individual. When people acquire power by accident, they're different again.

Any writing teacher tells you to write what you know, and for better or for worse, Washington is a world I know well.

Money brings honor, friends, conquest, and realms.

Sometimes I wish that Anna Wintour didn't know I existed.

I have not observed men's honesty to increase with their riches.