George Bernard Shaw Power Quotations

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who haven't got it.

She has lost the art of conversation, but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.

It does not follow . . . that the right to criticize Shakespeare involves the power of writing better plays. And in fact . . . I do not profess to write better plays.

Power does not corrupt man; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power

I talk democracy to these men and women. I tell them that they have the vote, and that theirs is the kingdom and the power and the glory. I say to them You are supreme: exercise your power. They say, That's right: tell us what to do; and I tell them. I say Exercise our vote intelligently by voting for me. And they do. That's democracy; and a splendid thing it is too for putting the right men in the right place.

Whether you think Jesus was God or not, you must admit he was a first-rate political economist.

He who has nothing to assert has no style and can have none: he who has something to assert will go as far in power of style as its momentousness and his conviction will carry him

You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother's milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes.

I ... must continue to strive for more knowledge and more power, though the new knowledge always contradicts the old and the new power is the destruction of the fools who misuse it.