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Capitalists desire purchasing power. Socialists lust for the power to plan society. Which is worse? — A.E. Samaan

People despise the lust for power that originates from a craving for homage and for the attributes of power. — Konstantin Ushinsky

The lust for power is not rooted in strength but in weakness. — Erich Fromm

For only the humans were endowed with the lust for power so strong that the raw passion of their nature could be easily corrupted. — Margaret Weis

Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat. — John Boyd Orr

Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind. — Ayn Rand

Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it. — Winston Churchill

Considering the natural lust for power so inherent in man, I fear the thirst of power will prevail to oppress the people. — George Mason

The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion. — Tacitus

What was the point in satin and lace if it didn't make a man struggle to speak? — Alexandra Ivy

The State acquires power ... and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates. — Frank Chodorov

How thin is the crust of order over the fires of human appetite and the lust for naked power. — Margaret Thatcher

Our country has been overtaken by murderous thugs ... gangsters who lust after fortunes and power. — Cindy Sheehan

Lust is insatiable, whether it feeds on power, wealth, or flesh. It eventually consumes our morality and ultimately consumes our humanity. — Ron Brackin

As a rule, people tend to forget the most important things in life when money, power and lust are involved. — Cristiane Serruya

It's the ones who can't let go - of fear or anger, lust or greed, vanity or pride or power - who are most at risk of becoming corrupted. — Kate Elliott

Lust of power is the most flagrant of all the passions — Tacitus

It is a source of encouragement that many homosexuals report being transformed through the power of the Gospel. — Billy Graham

Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. — Ayn Rand

Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places. — Veronica Roth

The desire to engineer humanity is a sign of a mind warped by megalomania and lust for power. — A.E. Samaan

Still when the lust of tyrant power succeeds, some Athens perishes, or some Tully bleeds. — Alexander Pope

Chief among the forces affecting political folly is lust for power, named by Tacitus as the most flagrant of all passions. — Barbara W. Tuchman

Lust for power, greed, false religions reign today because of lack of vision and passion to redeem nations — Sunday Adelaja

With the plundered people transferring their energies into relaxed and receptive thoughts, degradation and lust for power produced art. — Peter Weiss

To Conquer The Lust For Power Is To Establish A Society A Society That Reflects Heaven On Earth — Sunday Adelaja

Regulators are power-lusting mediocrities. — Yaron Brook

In 1984 the lust for power is satisfied by inflicting pain; in Brave New World, by inflicting a hardly less humiliating pleasure. — Aldous Huxley

My will had gone and I feared to be alone, lest the winds of circumstance, or power, or lust, blow my empty soul away. — T.E. Lawrence

There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do. — Harry Truman