If we accept the logic of the ancient Greek historian Thucydides, who wrote on rising and declining powers in his own time, the war is unlikely to be started by China striving for power and status, but by the U.S., a relatively declining power gripped by the fear of losing its status and influences.
What makes for the prospect of success in satisfying our passions is power, and thus, the pursuit of happiness is a matter of striving for power.
Men who pursue politics are also pursuing power, Dr. Geary said, and "from an evolutionary perspective the whole goal of men striving for power is to increase their access to sexual opportunities".
"Without any doubt, I am striving for power," he has said publicly.
After all the years of striving for power, once he had it, he said to the American people, "I'll let you in on a secret — I mean to use it".
More important for Uganda was the attempt by the governor, Sir Charles Dundas, to reverse his predecessors' policy and to give more freedom to the factions striving for power in Buganda.
Turns out the only thing funnier than striving for power is the harried attempt to hold on to it.
Loneliness may also lead to people to submerge themselves into dependency relations, following direction, imitation, being like others, and striving for power and status [ 6, 7].
We tended to reject those that seemed to strive for power at the expense of a sense of place, or those that seemed out of balance.
Politics in this context is defined as striving to share power or to influence the distribution of power among groups within the state [ 10].
