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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.]

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Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.

Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.

by Winston Churchill Found in: Power Quotes,
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Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

by Bruce Lee Found in: Power Quotes,
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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!

by Dovstoyevsky Found in: Power Quotes,
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We often say how impressive power is. But I do not find it impressive at all. The guns and the read more

We often say how impressive power is. But I do not find it impressive at all. The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure. They are necessary symbols. They protect what we cherish. But they are witness to hum.

by Lyndon Baines Johnson Found in: Power Quotes,
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Nothing destroys authority so much as the unequal and untimely interchange of power, pressed too far and relaxed too much.

Nothing destroys authority so much as the unequal and untimely interchange of power, pressed too far and relaxed too much.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Power Quotes,
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Power Quotes,
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God deliver me from the venom of the cobra, the tooth
of the tiger, and the vengeance of the Afghan.

God deliver me from the venom of the cobra, the tooth
of the tiger, and the vengeance of the Afghan.

by Sylovester Stallone Found in: Power Quotes,
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We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we read more

We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.

by Max Lerner Found in: Power Quotes,
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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?

by Ben Jonson Found in: Power Quotes,
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