Louis Sullivan

The feudal concept of self-preservation is poisoned at the core by the virulent assumption of master and man, of potentate and slave, of external and internal suppression of the life urge of the only one - of its faith in human sacrifice as a means of salvation.

American Architect

Thomas Frank

When the entertainers of the Right aren't declaring their disgust with President Obama for groveling before foreign potentates, they're pretending to fear him as a left-wing thug, an exemplar of what they call 'the Chicago way.

American Author

Virchand Gandhi

May peace rule the universe, may peace rule in kingdoms and empires, may peace rule in states and in the lands of the potentates, may peace rule in the house of friends and may peace also rule in the house of enemies.

Indian Educator

Simon Sebag Montefiore

It is a characteristic of potentates that they don't succumb to peaceful retirement. Instead, they hold power in their hoary fists as judgment and grip weaken, destroying any successors except family members.

British Historian

Steve Rushin

What's certain is that ranking powerful people is inherently self-defeating. For starters, true potentates know who they are without being told, and they have no need to announce it.

American Journalist

'Potentate' often refers to powerful leaders from history or in a traditional or ceremonial context.

Historical Context

Using 'potentate' suggests the person holds significant authority and control, often in a political sphere.

Power Implication

'Potentate' is a formal term and is less likely to be used in everyday conversation or casual settings.

High Formality

 for around three hundred and fifty years but in as much as they ruled anywhere outside of Java they did it mostly through those local potentates so no big surprise that people have very strong local local loyalties now there was reading a concept of nation until the