"Whenever power is used for evil, it becomes diabolical; it must be used for good only."
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"God has given me the will and the force to overcome all obstacles."
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"Bloodletting is among the ingredients of political medicine."
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"Nothing is more arrogant than the weakness which feels itself supported by power."
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"Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit, by sometimes disregarding a single chance, fails in everything."
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"The policies of all powers are inherent in their geography."
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"A magistrate is not a father; he must be just and severe. Only tyrants are fathers."
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"Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the very first rock."
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"The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power."
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"In order to obtain and hold power, a man must love it."
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"People are dangerous. If they're able to involve themselves in issues that matter, they may change the distribution of power, to the detriment of those who are rich and privileged."
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"Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is."
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"What is evil?-Whatever springs from weakness."
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"That is your trick, your bit of filthy magic: invisibility, and the anaesthetic power to deaden my attention in your direction."
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"The only power you have on this planet is the power of your decisions."
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"I find myself born into this particular position. I'm determined to make the most of it. And to do whatever I can to help. And I hope I leave things behind a little bit better than I found them."
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"Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?"
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"The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist."
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"Next to the assumption of power was the responsibility of relinquishing it."
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"All power is a trust, that we are accountable for its exercise."
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