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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.
Every Communist must grasp the truth: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.".
Every Communist must grasp the truth: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.".
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.
Iron hand in a velvet glove.
Iron hand in a velvet glove.
I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.
I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.
Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity read more
Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.
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.
We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we read more
We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.
O what is it proud slime will not believe
Of his own worth, to hear it equal praised
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O what is it proud slime will not believe
Of his own worth, to hear it equal praised
Thus with the gods?
