Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes, Kings Quotes, Power Quotes

Commerce has set the mark of selfishness, the signet of its all-enslaving power, upon a shining ore, and called it gold: before whose image bow the vulgar great, the vainly rich, the miserable proud, the mob of peasants, nobles, priests, and kings, and with blind feelings reverence the power that grinds them to the dust of misery.

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Don't trust children with edge tools. Don't trust man, great God, with more power than he has until he has learned to use that little better. What a hell we should make of the world if we could do what we would!

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Wherever I found a living creature, there I found the will to power.

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The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

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A vivid thought brings the power to paint it; and in proportion to the depth of its source is the force of its projection.

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Dim with the mist of years, gray flits the shade of power.

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The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts.

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Any power must be an enemy of mankind which enslaves the individual by power and by force, whether it arises under the Fascist or the Communist flag. All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded to the individual.

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

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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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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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Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit, by sometimes disregarding a single chance, fails in everything.

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Talent for talent's sake is a bauble and a show. Talent working with joy in the cause of universal truth lifts the possessor to new power as a benefactor.

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All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one.

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Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?

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There are many different kinds of power. True power comes from serving and helping others. Such behavior makes people respect you. They are willing to listen to your views and advice, and they support you. The energy of many people is thus channeled through one person. This kind of power is positive and authentic.

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Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.

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I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go.

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Do not talk to me of goodness, of abstract justice, of nature law. Necessity is the highest law, public welfare is the highest justice.

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When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

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