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    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.

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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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My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in
whatever hands it is placed.

My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in
whatever hands it is placed.

by Sir William Jones 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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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.

by Marcus Aurelius Found in: Power Quotes,
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The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.

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

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Power Quotes,
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All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power.

All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power.

by Ashleigh Brilliant Found in: Power Quotes,
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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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Iron hand in a velvet glove.

Iron hand in a velvet glove.

by William Ellery Channing Found in: Power Quotes,
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There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation\'s braggart lords.

There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation\'s braggart lords.

by John Muir Found in: Power Quotes,
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