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- This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy in our great men.
- Captain J. A. Hadfield
- The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human creature that walks.
- Thomas Bailey, 'Leaves from a Notebook,' Ponkapog Papers, 1903
- We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.
- Stephen Vincent Benet (1898 - 1943), Litany for Dictatorships, 1935
- To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.
- Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832), Lacon, 1825
- The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.
- Baltasar Gracian, The Art of Worldly Wisdom, 1647
- It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.
- Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983), The Passionate State of Mind, 1954
- An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), letter to John Melish, January 13, 1813
- The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use - of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public.
- Robert F. Kennedy (1925 - 1968), 'I Remember, I Believe,' The Pursuit of Justice, 1964
- Power never takes a back step - only in the face of more power.
- Malcolm X (1925 - 1965), Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
- We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.
- Stewart L. Udall (1920 - ), commencement address, Dartmouth College, June 13, 1965
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