“Personality has power to uplift, power to depress, power to curse, and power to bless.”
— Paul Harris
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Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man
“Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Hateful is the power, and pitiable is
“Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved.”
— Cornelius Nepos
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If repression has indeed been the fundamental
“If repression has indeed been the fundamental link between power, knowledge, and sexuality since the classical age, it stands to reason that we will not be able to free ourselves from it except at a considerable cost.”
— Michel Foucault
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What has destroyed every previous civilization has
“What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power.”
— Henry George
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The worst pain a man can suffer:
“The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.”
— Herodotus
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Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge
“Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent.”
— Vine Deloria, Jr.
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Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.
“Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.”
— Baruch Spinoza
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The people are the only legitimate fountain
“The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.”
— James Madison
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Man is made or unmade by himself.
“Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.”
— James Allen
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The right of nature… is the liberty
“The right of nature… is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.”
— Thomas Hobbes
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