The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.

The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.

For that can power give more than food and drink,
To live at ease, and not be bound to read more

For that can power give more than food and drink,
To live at ease, and not be bound to think?

The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.

The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.

So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed,
And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
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So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed,
And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
- Barry Cornwall (pseudonym of Bryan Waller Procter),

I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.

I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.

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.

Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new
power.

Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new
power.

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.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.