Ursula K. Le Guin on Power
Browse 11 quotations attributed to Ursula K. Le Guin, catalogued under power, with dates where available.
This page displays 11 quotations attributed to Ursula K. Le Guin and filed under "power" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to Ursula K. Le Guin, entry #165578: "The individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognizes no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself."
Attributed to Ursula K. Le Guin, entry #96696: "“In innocence there is no strength against evil,” said Sparrowhawk, a little wryly. “But there is strength in it for good."
11 Quotes by Ursula K. Le Guin on Power
"The individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognizes no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself."
"“In innocence there is no strength against evil,” said Sparrowhawk, a little wryly. “But there is strength in it for good."
"They prevented men from doing anything. But they did nothing themselves. They did not rule, they only blighted."
"Have you never thought how danger must surround power as shadow does light?"
"It’s not a weapon or a woman can make a man, or magery either, or any power, anything but himself."
"He resolved not to speak again until he had controlled his temper."
"The desire for power feeds off itself, growing as it devours."
"There’s no way to use power for good."
"Is power that—an emptiness?"
"Ignorant power is a bane!"
"It was easy to share when there was enough, even barely enough, to go round. But when there was not enough? Then force entered in; might making right; power, and its tool, violence, and its most devoted ally, the averted eye."