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EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time as the judicial department shall be pleased to pronounce them invalid and of no effect.

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The government will make use of these powers only insofar as they are essential for carrying out vitally necessary measures.... The separate existence of the federal states will not be done away.... The number of cases in which an internal necessity exists for having recourse to such law is in itself a limited one.

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The moment Germany rises as a great power, France gains a new importance as a cultural power.

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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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In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes.

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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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To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.

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

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Life is an instinct for growth, for survival, for the accumulation of forces, for power.

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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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There is no power on earth which can be kept long confined within a narrow limit. It cannot be kept compressed too long to allow of expansion at a subsequent period.

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The household is a school of power. There, within the door, learn the tragi-comedy of human life.

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Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.

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The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried.

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It would be a joke if the conduct of the victor had to be justified to the vanquished.

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

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The heart of a statesman should be in his head.

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But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful.

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Access to power must be confined to those who are not in love with it.

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Know for certain that there is no power in the universe to injure us unless we first injure ourselves.

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