“The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.”
— John Stuart Mill
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To be able to endure odium is
“To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.”
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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The ability of writers to imagine what
“The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.”
— Toni Morrison
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If women be educated for dependence; that
“If women be educated for dependence; that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to power, where are we to stop?”
— Mary Wollstonecraft
Author: Mary Wollstonecraft
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Justice and power must be brought together,
“Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.”
— Blaise Pascal
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The House of Lords, an illusion to
“The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe – responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages.”
— Tom Stoppard
Author: Tom Stoppard
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Many have said of Alchemy, that it
“Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines.”
— Paracelsus
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It is certain, in any case, that
“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
— James A. Baldwin
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There is only one thing that can
“There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude… we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.”
— Charles de Secondat
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Caring for children is a dance between
“Caring for children is a dance between setting appropriate limits as caretakers and avoiding unnecessary power struggles that result in unhappiness.”
— Charlotte Davis Kasl
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Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign
“Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.”
— Oriana Fallaci
Author: Oriana Fallaci
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