961 private quotes tagged power

“There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators.” — Steven Wright

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“I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.” — James Madison

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“To live happily is an inward power of the soul.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.” — Thomas Paine

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“Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.” — John F. Kennedy

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“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.” — George Orwell

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“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” — Thomas Paine

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“What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control these three alone lead one to sovereign power.” — Alfred Tennyson

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“Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.” — Aldous Huxley

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“Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.” — Thomas Carlyle

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“In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“Liberal: a power worshipper without power.” — George Orwell

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“Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.” — Bertrand Russell

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“I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.” — John F. Kennedy

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“A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold.” — Aristotle

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“All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.” — Albert Camus

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“Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.” — James Madison

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“I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming.” — Stephen Hawking

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“The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.” — Francis Bacon

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“Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.” — John F. Kennedy

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