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Power

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Lord Acton

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.
Stephen Vincent Benét

Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.
Eric Hoffer

Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.
Eric Hoffer

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
Thomas Jefferson

Arf

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