“A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory.”
— Friedrich Durrenmatt
Author: Friedrich Durrenmatt
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Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in
“Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.”
— John Quincy Adams
Author: John Quincy Adams
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There is only one thing for us
“There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.”
— Orison Swett Marden
Author: Orison Swett Marden
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I would not send a poor girl
“I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself .”
— Anne Bronte
Author: Anne Bronte
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If a small thing has the power
“If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?”
— Sydney J. Harris
Author: Sydney J. Harris
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These men ask for just the same
“These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.”
— Abraham Lincoln
Author: Abraham Lincoln
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In our natural state, we are glorious
“In our natural state, we are glorious beings. In the world of illusion, we are lost and imprisoned, slaves to our appetites and our will to false power.”
— Marianne Williamson
Author: Marianne Williamson
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Power gravitates to the man who knows
“Power gravitates to the man who knows how.”
— Orison Swett Marden
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This nuclear option is ultimately an example
“This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.”
— Joe Biden
Author: Joe Biden
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Either you think, or else others have
“Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
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I believe in one thing only, the
“I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.”
— Joseph Stalin
Author: Joseph Stalin
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