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Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

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Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

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Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

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Intellect--brain force.

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Virtue is no empty echo.

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I feel an army in my fist.

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

Alan Watts Philosopher

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.

Albert Einstein Theoretical Physicist

Laws are always unstable unless they are founded on the manners of a nation; and manners are the only durable and resisting power in a people.

Alexis De Tocqueville Historian

The only justification in the use of force is to reduce the amount of force necessary to be used.

Alfred North Whitehead Mathematician

MINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomacy, an officer sent into a foreign country as the visible embodiment of his sovereign's hostility.

Ambrose Bierce Journalist

Man's responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases.

Andre Gide Author

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