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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.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to this problem lies in the read more
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt
When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt
 Without his rod revers'd,
 And backward mutters of dissevering power.  
 Without his rod revers'd,
 And backward mutters of dissevering power. 
Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity read more
Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.
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.
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast read more
Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen.
 Then, everlasting Love, restrain thy will;
 'Tis god-like to have power, but not to kill.  
 Then, everlasting Love, restrain thy will;
 'Tis god-like to have power, but not to kill.