Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes, Freedom Quotes, Power Quotes

To freemen, threats are impotent. [Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]

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A man is the prisoner of his power. A topical memory makes him an almanac; a talent for debate, disputant; skill to get money makes him a miser, that is, a beggar. Culture reduces these inflammations by invoking the aid of other powers against the dominant talent, and by appealing to the rank of powers. It watches success.

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There is a universal need to exercise some kind of power, or to create for one's self the appearance of some power, if only temporarily, in the form of intoxication.

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The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

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A power is passing from the earth.

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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

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Though the power be wanting, yet the wish is praiseworthy.

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Life is a search after power.

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It is an ambassador's duty to stand up for his nation's foreign policy in any era and under any government whatsoever. Ambassadors are, in the full meaning of the term, titled spies.

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In a great nation, the majority are incapable of judging wisely of things.

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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

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Give me a staff of honor for mine age, But not a sceptre to control the world.

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Where the Government is weak, military sway prevails.

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Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them.

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Do the thing and you will have the power.

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Our drives are reducible to the will to power. The will to power is the ultimate fact at which we arrive.

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Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

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Some say no evil thing that walks by night, In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chains at curfew time, No goblin, or swart fairy of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.

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Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding

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Brave, bold men, these are what we want. What we want is vigour in the blood, strength in the nerves, iron muscles and nerves of steel, not softening namby-pamby ideas.

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