We have a collection of 6 Power quotes from Bertrand Russell
"Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic." (ID 26415)
"The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics." (ID 26461)
"Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power." (ID 26682)
"Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power." (ID 26683)
"Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age." (ID 26718)
"Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery." (ID 26723)
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