“Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.”
— John Adams
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She had lost the art of conversation
“She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.”
— George Bernard Shaw
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What I fear most is power with
“What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.”
— Isabel Allende
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The incentive to ambition is the love
“The incentive to ambition is the love of power.”
— William Hazlitt
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I am sure that no man can
“I am sure that no man can derive more pleasure from money or power than I do from seeing a pair of basketball goals in some out of the way place.”
— James Naismith
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The struggle of man against power is
“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.”
— Milan Kundera
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Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are
“Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.”
— Irving Berlin
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It is impossible for any number which
“It is impossible for any number which is a power greater than the second to be written as a sum of two like powers. I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.”
— Pierre de Fermat
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The power to wage war is the
“The power to wage war is the power to wage war successfully.”
— Charles Evans Hughes
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Black power can be clearly defined for
“Black power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it.”
— Stokely Carmichael
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All things by immortal power. Near of
“All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star.”
— Francis Thompson
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