The End of Power Quotes.

1. "PROPENSITY OF THE YOUNG TO QUESTION AUTHORITY AND challenge power is now amplified by the More and Mobility revolutions. Not only are there more people than ever under thirty, but they have more—prepaid calling-cards, radios, TVs, cellphones, computers, and access to the Internet as well as to travel and communication possibilities with others like them at home and around the world. They are also more mobile than ever."
- Moisés Naím, The End of Power

2. "We know that power is shifting from brawn to brains, from north to south and west to east, from old corporate behemoths to agile start-ups, from entrenched dictators to people in town squares and cyberspace."
- Moisés Naím, The End of Power

3. "He who is active in politics strives for power, either as a means in serving other ends, ideal or egoistic, or as ‘power for power’s sake,’ that is, in order to enjoy the prestige-feeling that power gives."
- Moisés Naím, The End of Power

4. "The decay of power is changing the world."
- Moisés Naím, The End of Power

5. "power is easier to obtain and harder to use or even to keep."
- Moisés Naím, The End of Power

6. "A world where players have enough power to block everyone else’s initiatives but no one has the power to impose its preferred course of action is a world where decisions are not taken, taken too late, or watered down to the point of ineffectiveness. Without"
- Moisés Naím, The End of Power

7. "When people are more numerous and living fuller lives, they become more difficult to regiment and control."
- Moisés Naím, The End of Power

8. "Specifically it is about how power—the capacity to get others to do, or to stop doing, something—is undergoing a historic and world-changing transformation."
- Moisés Naím, The End of Power

9. "Today, we ask not what we can do for our country but what our country, employer, fast-food purveyor, or favorite airline can do for us."
- Moisés Naím, The End of Power

10. "Short-term travel has quadrupled: in 1980, the number of international tourist arrivals accounted for just 3.5 percent of the world’s population, compared to almost 14 percent in 2010.16 Every year, an estimated 320 million people fly to attend professional meetings, conventions, and international gatherings—and their numbers are steadily growing.17"
- Moisés Naím, The End of Power