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    Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.

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Refuse to wave the flag
Refuse to move the missiles from the warehouse
to the dock.

Refuse to wave the flag
Refuse to move the missiles from the warehouse
to the dock.

by Arundhati Roy Found in: Power Quotes,
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Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

by Unknown 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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Then, everlasting Love, restrain thy will;
'Tis god-like to have power, but not to kill.

Then, everlasting Love, restrain thy will;
'Tis god-like to have power, but not to kill.

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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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Give me a lever long enough
And a prop strong enough,
I can single handed move the read more

Give me a lever long enough
And a prop strong enough,
I can single handed move the world.

by Unknown 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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We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we read more

We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.

by Max Lerner Found in: Power Quotes,
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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any

by Alice Walker Found in: Power Quotes,
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