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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),

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

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

by Edmund Burke Found in: Power Quotes,
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Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control -- these three alone lead to power.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control -- these three alone lead to power.

by Alfred Lord Tennyson Found in: Power Quotes,
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The balance of power.

The balance of power.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Power Quotes,
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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.

by Lao Tzu Found in: Power Quotes,
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Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.

Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.

by Charles Simmons Found in: Power Quotes,
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

by Epictetus Found in: Power Quotes,
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We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world - or read more

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world - or to make it the last.

by John Fitzgerald Kennedy Found in: Power Quotes,
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The law has no power over heroes.

The law has no power over heroes.

by Charlotte Lennox Found in: Power Quotes,
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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.

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