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Th abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.

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A legislator must know how to take advantage of even the defects of those he wants to govern. The art consists in making others work rather than in wearing oneself out.

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A new-born Government must shine and astonish - the moment it loses its éclat it falls.

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Force is the law of animals, men are ruled by conviction.

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In war, as in politics, no evil - even if it is permissible under the rules - is excusable unless it is absolutely necessary. Everything beyond that is a crime.

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A Constitution should be short and obscure.

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We know that madness belongs to love,--what power to paint a vile object in hues of heaven.

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The same power is in every man, the one manifesting more, the other less; the same potentiality is in everyone.

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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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It is impossible that had Buonaparte descended from a race of vegetable feeders that he could have had either the inclination or the power to ascend the throne of the Bourbons.

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For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense.

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Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to a new state, in the shooting of the gulf, in the darting to an aim.

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A man made for public life and authority never takes account of personalities; he only takes account of things, of their weight and their conseqences.

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What we call powers, secrets of nature, and force, are all within. In the external world are only a series of changes.

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Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

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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.

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

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Imagination, which in truth Is but another name for absolute power And clearest insight, amplitude of mind, And reason, in her most exalted mood.

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That is your trick, your bit of filthy magic: invisibility, and the anaesthetic power to deaden my attention in your direction.

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In the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrong doing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power.

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