“Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.”
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“There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.”
“All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory they have no power over the substance of original justice.”
“I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming.”
“It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.”
“Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.”
“They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'”
“The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.”
“Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.”
“There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed.”
“Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.”
“Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets.”
“The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.”
“The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer.”
“No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.”
“It's easy to dislike the few senior women out there. What if women were half the positions in power? It would be harder to dislike all of them.”
“People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous.”
“The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.”
“The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.”
“The only real power comes out of a long rifle.”
“Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.”
“We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.”
“It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.”
“The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.”