"The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes." ― Felix Frankfurter Topic(s): Power More From Felix Frankfurter "Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man." "The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind." "Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society." More In Power "Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power."― Alfred Lord Tennyson "My relationship to power and authority is that I’m all for it. People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave."― Arnold Schwarzenegger "Just because you are blind and unable to see my beauty doesn’t mean it does not exist."― Margaret Cho