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Power is not alluring to pure minds
Power is not alluring to pure minds
Iron hand in a velvet glove.
Iron hand in a velvet glove.
Give me a lever long enough
And a prop strong enough,
I can single handed move the read more
Give me a lever long enough
And a prop strong enough,
I can single handed move the world.
Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.
Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; read more
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.
I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right read more
I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.
Without his rod revers'd,
And backward mutters of dissevering power.
Without his rod revers'd,
And backward mutters of dissevering power.
The only real power comes out of a long rifle.
The only real power comes out of a long rifle.
Power is neither male nor female.
Power is neither male nor female.
