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.]

Knowledge is power.

Knowledge is power.

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.

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

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

Though the power be wanting, yet the wish is praiseworthy.
[Lat., Ut desint vires tamen est laudanda voluntas.]

Though the power be wanting, yet the wish is praiseworthy.
[Lat., Ut desint vires tamen est laudanda voluntas.]

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.

Power does not corrupt man; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

Power does not corrupt man; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, read more

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.

Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.

Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.