“The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies ”

“Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion”

“To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all the great truths which atheism would deny”

“Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world”

“Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.”

“Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could”