What is the connection between politics and power?

Power is the backbone of politics. Politics is an instrument of state power. With the help of this most important “tool” of its own, the power of the state controls all processes in the country. The authorities need politics like air. The power of the state and its interests are exercised through politics. Politics is a direct expression of the power of the state. Politics is a way of expressing and exercising power, one of its forms. There is no state power without politics.