“If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.”

“Folly is a child of power.”

“Courtiers don't take wagers against the king's skill. There is a deadly danger of winning”

“I am of the opinion that there is nothing which has been produced by the will of man which cannot in its turn be altered...”

“Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.”

“Power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.”

“Those in power must spend a lot of their time laughing at us.”

“The have influence, but no power.""In my experience, influence is power.”

“Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves.”

“Power without [the people's] confidence is nothing.”

“Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.”

“But what are kings, when regiment is gone,But perfect shadows in a sunshine day?- Edward II, 5.1”