The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.

The rules have changed. True power is held by the person who possesses the largest bookshelf, not gun cabinet or wallet.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.

Whoever is new to power is always harsh.

Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.

Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

Excessive fear is always powerless.