“I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.”
— Benjamin Disraeli
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I believe in delegating power.
“I believe in delegating power.”
— Hillary Clinton
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A tool is usually more simple than
“A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power.”
— Charles Babbage
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Grammar is a piano I play by
“Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.”
— Joan Didion
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Fortune, which has a great deal of
“Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.”
— Julius Caesar
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The law has no power over heroes.
“The law has no power over heroes.”
— Charlotte Lennox
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People have the power to redeem the
“People have the power to redeem the work of fools.”
— Patti Smith
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To get power over is to defile.
“To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.”
— Simone Weil
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Capitalism works better from every perspective when
“Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.”
— Barney Frank
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps
“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power.”
— John Steinbeck
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The attempt to combine wisdom and power
“The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.”
— Albert Einstein
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