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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
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his read more
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
Odin, thou whirlwind, what a threat is this
Thou threatenest what transcends thy might, even thine,
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Odin, thou whirlwind, what a threat is this
Thou threatenest what transcends thy might, even thine,
For of all powers the mightiest far art thou,
Lord over men on earth, and Gods in Heaven;
Yet even from thee thyself hath been withheld
One thing--to undo what thou thyself hast ruled.
Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may read more
Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.
The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.
The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.
Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power.
Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power.