“The power of the people and the power of reason are one.”
— Georg Buchner
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The almost insoluble task is to let
“The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.”
— Theodor Adorno
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Experience hath shewn, that even under the
“Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.”
— Thomas Jefferson
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Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman,
“Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron – namely, that he is a blockhead.”
— Ambrose Bierce
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Language is legislation, speech is its code.
“Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive.”
— Roland Barthes
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There will always be vain, obsessive people
“There will always be vain, obsessive people who want to own rare and extraordinary things whatever the cost; there will always be people for whom owning beautiful, dangerous animals brings a sense of power and magic.”
— Susan Orlean
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Liberal: a power worshipper without power.
“Liberal: a power worshipper without power.”
— George Orwell
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Power has only one duty – to
“Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.”
— Benjamin Disraeli
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It is through this mysterious power that
“It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land.”
— Sitting Bull
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The means by which we live have
“The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Hitler and Mussolini were only the primary
“Hitler and Mussolini were only the primary spokesmen for the attitude of domination and craving for power that are in the heart of almost everyone. Until the source is cleared, there will always be confusion and hate, wars and class antagonisms.”
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
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