The admiration of power in others is as common to man as the love of it in himself; the one makes him a tyrant, the other a slave.


Political essays, with sketches of public characters (ed. 1819)

William Hazlitt Quotes

The admiration of power in others is as common to man as the love of it in himself; the one makes him a tyrant, the other a slave.

The admiration of power in others is as common to man as the love of it in himself; the one makes him a tyrant, the other a slave.

The admiration of power in others is as common to man as the love of it in himself; the one makes him a tyrant, the other a slave.

The admiration of power in others is as common to man as the love of it in himself; the one makes him a tyrant, the other a slave.