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Quotes about Power

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Abraham Lincoln
(1809 - 1865)
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Ashleigh BrilliantAll I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power
Ayn Rand
(1905 - 1982)
Every movement that seeks to enslave a country, every dictatorship or potential dictatorship, needs some minority group as a scapegoat which it can blame for the nation's troubles and use as a justification of its own demand for dictatorial powers. In Soviet Russia, the scapegoat was the bourgeoisie; in Nazi Germany, it was the Jewish people; in America, it is the businessmen.
Charles de Gaulle
(1890 - 1970)
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
David BrinIt is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.
Edward Abbey
(1927 - 1989)
Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.
Jimi HendrixWhen the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
John Alejandro King a.k.a. The Covert ComicI googled the quote 'Power means not having to respond.' Nothing happened.
John Lehman
(1981 - 1987)
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
Michael WikoffPower is a wonderful thing that people without it like to say corrupts people with it.
Stewart L. UdallWe have, I fear, confused power with greatness.
UnknownAll power corrupts, but we need the electricity.
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