Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with.

It is in war that the State really comes into its own: swelling in power, in number, in pride, in absolute dominion over the economy and the society.

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.

Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power.

Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.

I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming.