My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in
whatever hands it is placed.

My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in
whatever hands it is placed.

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.

Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one read more

Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable read more

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

Power ought to serve as a check to power.

Power ought to serve as a check to power.

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his read more

Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.

A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough read more

A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.

For that can power give more than food and drink,
To live at ease, and not be bound to read more

For that can power give more than food and drink,
To live at ease, and not be bound to think?

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while