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The power of a man increases steadily by continuing in one direction.

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Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

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Let us show, not merely in great crises, but in every day of life, qualities of practical intelligence, of hardihood and endurance, and above all, the power of devotion to a lofty ideal.

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In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.

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The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.

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Public morals are natural complement of all laws they are by themselves an entire code.

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

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The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power over me than any other whatsoever, for my heart always alights upon the nearest perch.

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How thin is the crust of order over the fires of human appetite and the lust for naked power.

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Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

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The heart of a statesman should be in his head.

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I am already kindly disposed towards you. My friendship it is not in my power to give: this is a gift which no man can make, it is not in our own power: a sound and healthy friendship is the growth of time and circumstance, it will spring up and thrive like a wildflower when these favour, and when they do not, it is in vain to look for it.

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Being physically close to extreme power causes one to experience a giddiness, an intoxication.

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History is a set of lies agreed upon.

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Next to possessing genius one's self is the power of appreciating it in others.

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Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.

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All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

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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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Accumulation of power is as necessary as its diffusion, or rather more so.

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

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