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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

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

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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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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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Superhuman power is not strong enough.

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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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The policies of all powers are inherent in their geography.

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Vigor is contagious, and whatever makes us either think or feel strongly adds to our power and enlarges our field of action.

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I talk democracy to these men and women. I tell them that they have the vote, and that theirs is the kingdom and the power and the glory. I say to them You are supreme: exercise your power. They say, That's right: tell us what to do; and I tell them. I say Exercise our vote intelligently by voting for me. And they do. That's democracy; and a splendid thing it is too for putting the right men in the right place.

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Wherever there is power there is age.

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If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

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Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.

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Life is a search after power.

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The more power there is, the more bondage, the more fear.

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In what does the objective measure of value lie? In the quantum of enhanced and organized power alone, in accordance with what occurs in all occurrence, a will to increase.

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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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The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

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COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of 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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