Quotes about power

When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.

I swear to you, I was never so alive as when I was winning this throne, or so dead as now that I've won it.

“The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends,” Ser Jorah told her. “It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace.” He gave a shrug. “They never are.”

It is true that I described antisocial, parsimonious, sanctimonious, and wasteful behavior by the owners over the years, but baseball's problem is structural, not individual. Put any individual into a position of power with an opportunity to make tens of millions of dollars in an industry that is on a cultural pedestal and protected from all forms of competition, and the odds are against the second coming of Lee Iacocca or Ralph Nader.

Some people are just no good at not being in charge.

When you control communication, you can hide anything you want.

When power is within reach, few will wait patiently for it.

It is not in the nature of any people that it should willingly endure being ruled by another people, whether it is ruled ill or ruled well.

I've never liked thinking back, going back in time, reviewing the day or the week or the life. To crush and gut. To eviscerate. Power works best when there's no memory attached.

Sweetie, if I’ve learned anything during my ten years at sea, it’s this. Never confuse your captain with God.

As with all things political, the issue was power.

“Government affairs are a bit beyond our experience,” said Jean.

“Nonsense. You’ll feel right at home. What is government but theft by consent? You’ll be moving in a society of kindred spirits.”