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    The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

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Power is not alluring to pure minds

Power is not alluring to pure minds

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Power Quotes,
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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),

by Barry Cornwall Found in: Power Quotes,
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Calmness is the cradle of power.

Calmness is the cradle of power.

by Josiah Gilbert Holland Found in: Power Quotes,
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Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

by Bruce Lee Found in: Power Quotes,
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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.

by William Ellery Channing Found in: Power Quotes,
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Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes read more

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.

by Julius Caesar Found in: Power Quotes,
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Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power.
[Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere read more

Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power.
[Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere quemquam
Posse volunt.]

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When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

by Jimi Hendrix Found in: Peace Quotes, Power Quotes,
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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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