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Power ought to serve as a check to power.
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting a bull read more
Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian
I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right read more
I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.
Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't
Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power.
Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power.
There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is
praised as equal to the gods.
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There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is
praised as equal to the gods.
[Lat., Nihil est quod credere de se
Non possit, quum laudatur dis aequa potestas.]
Justice is incidental to law and order.
Justice is incidental to law and order.
If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense.
If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense.