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• Quote 1060

  The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse

  by: Edmund Burke

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Quote 2:

• Quote 1062

  Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.

  by: Denis Diderot

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Quote 3:

• Quote 1063

  Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power

  by: Alfred Tennyson

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Quote 4:

• Quote 1064

  Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey

  by: Denis Diderot

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Quote 5:

• Quote 1065

  Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the people

  by: Benjamin Disraeli

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Quote 6:

• Quote 1066

  Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

  by: Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski

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Quote 7:

• Quote 1067

  Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

  by: Honore de Balzac

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Quote 8:

• Quote 1068

  Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.

  by: Blaise Pascal

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Quote 9:

• Quote 1069

  Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens

  by: Epiktet

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Quote 10:

• Quote 1070

  Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power

  by: Abraham Lincoln

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