 | "Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti
, President of Yale University. |
| "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
- Abraham Lincoln
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| "You see what power is - holding someone else's fear in your hand and showing it to them !"
- Amy Tan
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| "The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good."
- Baltasar Gracian
, The Art of Worldly Wisdom, 1647. |
| "To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it."
- Charles Caleb Colton
, Lacon, 1825. |
| "It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power."
- David Brin
. |
| "Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper."
- Dr. Thomas Fuller
, Gnomologia, 1732. |
| "Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself."
- Elie Wiesel
. |
| "It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable."
- Eric Hoffer
, The Passionate State of Mind, 1954. |
| "If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?"
- Harry Shearer
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