"Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility."

Power, Privilege, Rank, Responsibility

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"Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility."

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"There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands."

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"A stone thrown up into the air is bound to fall down, and absolute power is like a huge stone thrown up into the air."

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"People might say I'm difficult, but did you ever hear anyone describe a label as 'difficult'? By nature, artists should challenge. When they call you difficult, it is a reflection of the imbalance of power."

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"The power to investigate is a great public trust."

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"He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die."

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"I had the strangest feeling-like I had lost something without ever really having it in the first place-that i wasn't what I once was, and wasn't at all what I was meant to be."

Alexandra Bracken, American Writer

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"Every white man in this country has been raised with a false sense of power."

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"Strength and success - they are above morality, above criticism. It seems, then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it. Is there a check in men, deep in them, that stops or punishes? There doesn't seem to be. The only punishment is for failure. In effect no crime is committed unless a criminal is caught."

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"Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement."

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"Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action."

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