"The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people." ― Alexis de Tocqueville Topic(s): Power More From Alexis de Tocqueville "Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom." "In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships." "We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects." More In Power "The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever."― James A. Baldwin "There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands."― Plato "Ambition is the immoderate desire for power."― Baruch Spinoza