The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.

The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both

Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power.

Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power.

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),

All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power.

All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power.

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.

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

I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.

I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.

There is no knowledge that is not power

There is no knowledge that is not power