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"Anyone who seeks power wants absolute power."
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"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
"Power of generalizing gives men so much the superiority in mistake over the dumb animals."
"In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state."
"In my experience, influence is power."
"All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours."
"Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force."
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"Organized religion provides a model of the way all organizations, from the state down to the village garden club, end a price in terms of a member's freedom of thought and action."
"Of all human inventions the organization, a machine constructed of people performing interdependent functions, is the most powerful."
"Military organization, like religious organization, can be seen as a paradigm of organization in general."
"To reject even one major tenet of the religion or to violate one major rule of behavior is enough to get one kicked out - or worse."
"As such people achieve influence within the organization, whenever there is a conflict between their own interest and the interest of the organization, their interests will win out."
"Indeed, if our ancestors of millions of years ago hadn't learned how to care for one another and hunt in packs, they'd all have ended up being eaten by leopards."
"But the more an organization succeeds and prospers, the more it is likely to be diverted from its original ideals, principles and purposes."
"One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions."
"It is instructive, for instance, to trace the computer industry's decline in vision, idealism, creativity, romance and sheer fun as it becomes more and more important and prosperous."
"Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear."
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