Quotes about Power
I've never seen the Holy Spirit, but I've seen His powerful wind blowing through people's lives.
— James MacDonald
Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.
— James Madison
The nation which reposes on the pillow of political confidence, will sooner or later end its political existence in a deadly lethargy
— James Madison
We have seen the mere distinction of colour made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground of the most oppressive dominion ever exercised by man over man
— James Madison
The essence of Government is power and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
— James Madison
Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.
— James Madison
Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
— James Madison
Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties or his possessions.
— James Madison
Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power.
— James Madison
In framing a government, which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty is this: You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.
— James Madison
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.
— James Madison
Despotism can only exist in darkness, and there are too many lights now in the political firmament, to permit it to remain anywhere, as it has heretofore done, almost everywhere.
— James Madison