His military triumphs awakened no pride nor vain glory, as they would have done had they been effected for selfish purposes. In the time of his greatest power he maintained the same simplicity of manners and appearance as in the days of his adversity. So far from affecting a regal state, he was displeased if, on entering a room, any unusual testimonials of respect were shown to him. If he aimed at a universal dominion, it was the dominion of faith; as to the temporal rule which grew up in his hands, as he used it without ostentation, so he took no step to perpetuate it in his family.
en
Mahomet and his successors, 1849
Citations sur pouvoir
Page 2
L’Essence du christianisme (Das Wesen des Christentums), 1900
c'est le pouvoir, les privilèges
La Maison Jaune, 1982, Tome 2
La Sorcellerie capitaliste (2005), Quatrième partie - Avoir besoin que les gens pensent, Chapitre 19 - Création politique
Il est ici question de l'opinion de Madame Roland.
L'Éducation des femmes par les femmes, 1885, Madame Roland
français
Les réprouvés, 1931
français
À propos du Grand Orient de France.
It is also a fact that America is too democratic at home to be autocratic abroad. This limits the use of America's power, especially its capacity for military intimidation. Never before has a populist democracy attained international supremacy. But the pursuit of power is not a goal that commands popular passion, except in conditions of a sudden threat or challenge to the public's sense of domestic well-being. The economic self-denial (that is defense spending), and the human sacrifice (casualties even among professional soldiers) required in the effort are uncongenial to democratic instincts. Democracy is inimical to imperial mobilization.
en
Le Grand Echiquier - 1997
Écrit intime, Quatre ans de captivité à Cochons-sur-Marne, 1905
Maurice Allais en mai 1962 à propos des Accords d'Évian signés en mars 1962.
L'Algérie d'Evian
fr
2011
Ouvrages, Ma Part de vérité
La subversion du christianisme, 1984
Extraits d’une réponse de Dalí à l’interrogation d’un jeune homme sur sa réussite.
Journal d’un génie adolescent
Propos tenus par Castellion
Conscience contre violence ou Castellion contre Calvin, 1936
Citations propres, Totem et tabou
fr
À propos du B'nai B'rith. Cette phrase malheureuse, due à une erreur, a été aussitôt retiré du livre dès que Paul Ranc a su que c'était une citation antisémite .
Propos médiatiques, Sur les femmes et les féministes
« État d'urgence démocratique » paru initialement dans Le Monde du 19 février 1997
Citations le concernant
Marlowe in La Tragique histoire du Docteur Faust, 1588.
La Tragédie classique, 1996, En Angleterre
How can I run for office and say I want to be a weak president? We need a strong president, strong enough to resist the temptation of taking power the President shouldn’t have.
en
Meetings
fr
Gomorra : Dans l'empire de la Camorra, 2006, Seconde partie, Don Peppino Diana
“Le seul intérêt de vivre en démocratie, c'est de pouvoir la critiquer.”
, 2003
Discours du 17 janvier 1961 .
français
Les réprouvés, 1931
I am aware, too, that if good men fail to so love one another that they will strike vigorously to eliminate social ills, they must be prepared to see the conspirators of revolution seize power by using social maladjustments as a pretext.
en
The creation of consent is not a new art. It is a very old one which was supposed to have died out with the appearance of democracy. But it has not died out. It has, in fact, improved enormously in technic, because it is now based on analysis rather than on rule of thumb. And so, as a result of psychological research, coupled with the modern means of communication, the practice of democracy has turned a corner. A revolution is taking place, infinitely more significant than any shifting of economic power.
en
, 1922
« Il faut défendre la société » — Cours au Collège de France, 1976, Cours du 11 février 1976
fr
À propos du thème « Gauche et droite en politique ».
Sur la politique
fr
Le Drame maçonnique. Le Pouvoir occulte contre la France, 1908
français
Introduction à la Guerre Civile en France de Karl Marx,1891
Une révolte, pas une révolution
“Considérer toujours les hommes au pouvoir comme des choses dangereuses.”
La Pesanteur et la Grâce, 1947
fr
À propos du Canular de Taxil.
Le Drame maçonnique. Le Pouvoir occulte contre la France, 1908
Citations extraites de ses œuvres, Petit Abécédaire de culture générale, 2010
La Route de Corlay, 1978
Le Macroscope, Vers une vision globale, Joël de Rosnay, Le Seuil, 1975, 138
Le Macroscope (1975)
Les Anormaux — Cours au Collège de France, 1974-1975, Cours du 15 janvier 1975
Regard sur mes contemporains, ed. 1990
Well, I would say that, as long-term institutions, I am totally against dictatorships. But a dictatorship may be a necessary system for a transitional period. At times it is necessary for a country to have, for a time, some form or other of dictatorial power. […] Personally I prefer a liberal dictator to democratic government lacking liberalism. My personal impression […] is that in Chile, for example, we will witness a transition from a dictatorial government to a liberal government.
en
Autre
Homo Sovieticus, 1983
Freemasonry is a global organization. Their real power [base] is in England and France. But they also have large organization in the United States. They have branches in Russia, everywhere in the world. In India too. They have taken hold of the key positions in the government. They even can exert power over the courts. Sometimes they lay hands on the security forces. They can assume control over of every kind of sector in the state. They can worm their way inside. If they want to organize any kind of action, they use their members to set up these things.
en
, 1969
Il est ici question du roman noir.
Essai critique, Les châteaux de la subversion, 1982
La Tragédie classique, 1996, La « discipline » classique
Sur la nomination de Jean-Luc Hees à la présidence de Radio-France.
Le Bien public, 2007-2009, Presse
Le principe responsabilité, 1979
“Le pouvoir, c'est de disposer du temps des autres.”
Citation rapportée
De la Société comme Texte. Linéaments d'une anthropologie dogmatique
Citation de Václav Havel