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    We often say how impressive power is. But I do not find it impressive at all. The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure. They are necessary symbols. They protect what we cherish. But they are witness to hum.

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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

by Edmund Burke 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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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

by Oskar Shindler Found in: Power Quotes,
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Without his rod revers'd,
And backward mutters of dissevering power.

Without his rod revers'd,
And backward mutters of dissevering power.

by John Milton Found in: Power Quotes,
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Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to read more

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.

by Charles Caleb Colton Found in: Power Quotes,
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You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed read more

You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power - he's free again.

by Aleksander Solzhenitsyn Found in: Power Quotes,
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If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

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The secret of power is the knowledge that others are more cowardly than you are

The secret of power is the knowledge that others are more cowardly than you are

by Ludwig Borne Found in: Power Quotes,
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There is no knowledge that is not power

There is no knowledge that is not power

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Power Quotes,
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