961 private quotes tagged power

“Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.” — Thomas J. Watson

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“In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.” — George Orwell

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“There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators.” — Steven Wright

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“If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.” — Howard Zinn

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“All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.” — Thomas Paine

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“I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.” — James Madison

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“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” — Thomas Paine

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“What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“To live happily is an inward power of the soul.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.” — Aldous Huxley

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“Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting.” — Aldous Huxley

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“Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.” — George Orwell

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“Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.” — Bertrand Russell

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“I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.” — John F. Kennedy

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“To make no mistakes is not in the power of man but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.” — Plutarch

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“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming.” — Stephen Hawking

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“Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.” — James Madison

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“The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.” — James Madison

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“The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold.” — Aristotle

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“In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.” — Aristotle

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