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

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Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him!
[Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann read more

Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him!
[Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann den Teufel festzuhalten.]

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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable read more

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

by James Madison Found in: Power Quotes,
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When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you.

When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you.

by Susan Sarandon Found in: Power Quotes,
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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?

by John Dryden Found in: Power Quotes,
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Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This power becomes available to you read more

Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This power becomes available to you just as you can change your beliefs.

by Chuck Palahniuk Found in: Power Quotes,
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My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in
whatever hands it is placed.

My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in
whatever hands it is placed.

by Sir William Jones Found in: Power Quotes,
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So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed,
And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
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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),

by Barry Cornwall 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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Refuse to wave the flag
Refuse to move the missiles from the warehouse
to the dock.

Refuse to wave the flag
Refuse to move the missiles from the warehouse
to the dock.

by Arundhati Roy Found in: Power Quotes,
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