Thirst For Power Quotes by Samuel Adams, Pope Francis, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Thomas Paine and many others.

Let no man thirst for good beer.
In effect, a selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity leads both to the misuse of available natural resources and to the exclusion of the weak and the disadvantaged.
Everything Mengistu has done since 1977 has been to place himself in a position of uncontestable power. Neither Haile Selassie nor any of the previous emperors had this insatiable thirst for power.
… a thirst for power is the natural disease of monarchy.