Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.
John Kenneth GalbraithAll parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism.
Pierre-Joseph ProudhonThe power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.
Sandra Day O'ConnorThe highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.
Thomas Babington Macaulay