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.

He is most powerful who has power over himself

He is most powerful who has power over himself

Power ought to serve as a check to power.

Power ought to serve as a check to 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.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

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.

Nothing destroys authority so much as the unequal and untimely interchange of power, pressed too far and relaxed too much.

Nothing destroys authority so much as the unequal and untimely interchange of power, pressed too far and relaxed too much.

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.