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    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.

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Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to read more

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.

by Charles Caleb Colton Found in: Power Quotes,
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The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

by Winston Churchill Found in: Power Quotes,
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This administration has broken faith with the people of America.
They have squandered the immense good will extended by other
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This administration has broken faith with the people of America.
They have squandered the immense good will extended by other
nations.

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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.

by William Ellery Channing Found in: Power Quotes,
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The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.

The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.

by Eric Hoffer Found in: Power Quotes,
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Without his rod revers'd,
And backward mutters of dissevering power.

Without his rod revers'd,
And backward mutters of dissevering power.

by John Milton 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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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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