THE PSYCHOLOGY OF
DEFINITION OF POWER
1. Strength or force exerted or capable
of being exerted; might.
 2. The ability or official capacity to
exercise control; authority.
 3. A person, group, or nation having
great influence or control over others:
the western powers.
 4. The might of a nation, political
organization, or similar group
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to
test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln
Hitler and Mussolini were only the primary spokesmen for the
attitude of domination and craving for power that are in the
heart of almost everyone. Until the source is cleared, there will
always be confusion and hate, wars and class antagonisms.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
The measure of a man is what
he does with power.
Plato
Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and
corrupts the best.
Edward Abbey
The only real power comes out of a long rifle.
Joseph Stalin
Wealth is power, and power is the only thing
about which contemporary culture cares.
DEAN KOONTZ
Concentrated power has always been the
enemy of liberty.
Ronald Reagan
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
EDMUND BURKE, speech on the Middlesex Elections,
1771