“ Power is above all else a relationship. Power’s relation to needs is what defines it. The means used to fulfill a corresponding need constitutes power, and also suggests the potential for future forms of fulfillment. Since these needs are manifested in objects outside of man, he needs these objects to express his powers. But since man is part of nature, he too is an object; thus the reciprocal power-relationship of each man to all other men is based on a mutual recognition of each other’s needs.
