Power & Leadership Sayings

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

Even in the strongest currents, one must strive to keep one's footing.

As long as there is an Empire, there will be no peace.

I sing and play the guitar, and I'm a walking, talking bacterial infection.

The true measure of a society is how it treats its weakest members.

We must unite to build a strong and prosperous Africa.

The Soviet Union is not an empire. It is a union of free peoples.

I am not going to be a puppet of anyone. I will be an independent leader.

Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas?

I have to say, I've never been accused of being a shrinking violet.

I have never seen a thin person drinking Diet Coke.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

The only way out of the crisis is to find a new way of thinking.

The power to question is the basis of all human progress.

I am a sovereign, and I will not be ruled by my subjects!

I would rather lose all my lands, and a hundred lives if I had them, than be king over heretics.

The profession of a king is great, noble, and delightful.

You must be a philosopher, for a prince who does not think is a prince who does not rule.

I kill because I am a king, and a king must rule.

People do make their luck by daring to follow their instincts, taking risks, and embracing every possibility.