"Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him! [Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann den Teufel festzuhalten."
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"Power always sincerely, conscientiously, de très bon foi, believes itself right. Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views, beyond the comprehension of the weak."
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"O how feeble is man's power, that if good fortune fall, cannot add another hour, nor a lost hour recall!"
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"The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition."
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"The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses."
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"The wrong sort of people are always in power because they would not be in power if they were not the wrong sort of people."
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"Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for Europeans to perceive because they are themselves so truly materialistic, so versed in the uses of power."
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"Power at its best is love implementing the demand of justice."
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"Beauty is the greatest of human powers. Any power without counterbalance or control becomes autocratic and leads to abuse and to folly. Despotism in a government is insanity; in woman, fantasy."
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"Power does not consist in striking with force or with frequency, but in striking true."
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"My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all opinions and prejudices. I have flattered no ruling powers; I have never concealed a single thought that tempted me."
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"Thinking doesn't seem to help very much. The human brain is too high-powered to have many practical uses in this particular universe."
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"I'm trying to learn how to tap into the power of my own being. I know it sounds corny."
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"Business is recognizing the role it can play in combatting climate change. Thank God, is all I can say, for there is a desperately urgent need for business to play that role. Your lobbying influence can be substantial, but together, united and in large enough numbers it could prove decisive in turning the tide."
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"When you give power to an executive you do not know who will be filling that position when the time of crisis comes."
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"This is what it means to be a slave; to be abused and bear it; compelled by violence to suffer wrong."
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"There is no gambling like politics. Nothing in which the power of circumstance is more evident."
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"There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man's reasoning powers."
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"Power, like vanity, is insatiable. Nothing short of omnipotence could satisfy it completely."
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"We can't do without dominating others or being served.... The essential thing, in sum, is being able to get angry without the other person being able to answer back."
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