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    So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed,
    And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
    - Barry Cornwall (pseudonym of Bryan Waller Procter),

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Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats.
[Fr., Qui peut ce qui lui plait, commande alors read more

Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats.
[Fr., Qui peut ce qui lui plait, commande alors qu'il prie.]

by Pierre Corneille Found in: Power Quotes,
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The balance of power.

The balance of power.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Power Quotes,
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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.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Power Quotes,
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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.

by Aleksander Solzhenitsyn Found in: Power Quotes,
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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.

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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt

When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt

by Aristotle Found in: Power Quotes,
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Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power.

Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power.

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Patience and Gentleness is Power.
- Leigh Hunt (James Henry Leigh Hunt),

Patience and Gentleness is Power.
- Leigh Hunt (James Henry Leigh Hunt),

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Calmness is the cradle of power.

Calmness is the cradle of power.

by Josiah Gilbert Holland Found in: Power Quotes,
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