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There is no knowledge that is not power
There is no knowledge that is not power
Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new
power.
Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new
power.
Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power.
Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power.
Iron hand in a velvet glove.
Iron hand in a velvet glove.
The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.
The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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.]
Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power.
[Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere read more
Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power.
[Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere quemquam
Posse volunt.]
We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.
We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.