Man is born to seek power, yet his actual condition makes him a slave to the power of others.

Man is born to seek power, yet his actual condition makes him a slave to the power of others.

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.

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.

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull read more

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.

Those have most power to hurt us, that we love

Those have most power to hurt us, that we love

Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't

Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't

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.

For that can power give more than food and drink,
To live at ease, and not be bound to read more

For that can power give more than food and drink,
To live at ease, and not be bound to think?