Sentence examples for thirsting for power from inspiring English sources

"He called them 'Privileged princes... thirsting for power.' " She continued, quoting Roosevelt again: "The average man once more confronts the problem that faced the Minuteman"—namely, "political tyranny".

All republics are fragile; the German one, like the Third French Republic it paralleled, did not commit suicide — it was killed, by many murderers, not least by those who thought they could contain an authoritarian thirsting for power.

More often than not it's not the dutiful patriot but the Sisis of the world thirsting for power who come out on top of military struggles for power.

That thirst for power, at any price.

Mr. Maliki's thirst for power doesn't end there.

The thirst for power and possessions knows no limits.

But plasmas have lately fallen out of favour because of their bulk and thirst for power.

Their thirst for power has led them to sell-out their own supporters.

"The thirst for power is a terrible thing," said Dominic Murray of the Irish Peace Institute at the University of Limerick.

But in their thirst for power, they have never apologised," she said.

But power – or, more accurately, the thirst for power – is all-consuming and respects no borders or boundaries.