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The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.
The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.
Iron hand in a velvet glove.
Iron hand in a velvet glove.
Refuse to wave the flag
Refuse to move the missiles from the warehouse
to the dock.
Refuse to wave the flag
Refuse to move the missiles from the warehouse
to the dock.
Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him!
[Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann read more
Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him!
[Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann den Teufel festzuhalten.]
Power does not corrupt man; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
Power does not corrupt man; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
O what is it proud slime will not believe
Of his own worth, to hear it equal praised
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O what is it proud slime will not believe
Of his own worth, to hear it equal praised
Thus with the gods?
The greatest power is often simple patience.
The greatest power is often simple patience.
Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This power becomes available to you read more
Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This power becomes available to you just as you can change your beliefs.
You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed read more
You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power - he's free again.
