“The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough.”
— Andrew Jackson
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“Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility.”
— Robin Morgan
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“Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.”
— Voltaire
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“Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.”
— Louisa May Alcott
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“Power is the great aphrodisiac.”
— Henry A. Kissinger
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“What is the system? It revolves around the banks, the system is built on the power of the banks, so it can be destroyed through the banks.”
— Eric Cantona
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“Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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“Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.”
— Peace Pilgrim
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“The power which establishes a state is violence; the power which maintains it is violence; the power which eventually overthrows it is violence.”
— Kenneth Kaunda
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“We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.”
— John F. Kennedy
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“The United States cannot feed every person, lift every person out of poverty, cure every disease, or stop every conflict. But our power and status have conferred upon us a tremendous responsibility to humanity.”
— Richard Lugar
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