"Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic."

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"Every time I watch a person awaken to their inner strength, I see what we're made of, and we're magnificent. We're brilliant. We really are. We crave magic because we are magic. We crave power because we are pure power."

Vironika Tugaleva, Ukrainian Author

Power, Magic, Awakening, Inspirational

"I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

Power, Fantasy, President, Want

"There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Power, Fear, Help, May

"...without money you cannot fight money."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Power, Money, Fight, Truth

"When you win, the rules change, and you find you've lost."

David Mitchell, British Novelist

Power, Rules, Change, Loss

"The soul fire determines the strength of the spirit."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Power, Soul, Fire, Strength, Spirit

"The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Power, Control, Force, Violence

"The shield of faith is sword to conquer every fear."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Power, Faith, Fear

"Without craziness, there is no courage."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Power, Courage, Bravery, Risk, Strength

"You must conquer every fear with faith."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it."

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"Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts."

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"He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers."

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"Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts."

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"Every time I watch a person awaken to their inner strength, I see what we're made of, and we're magnificent. We're brilliant. We really are. We crave magic because we are magic. We crave power because we are pure power."

"I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power."

"There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals."

"...without money you cannot fight money."

"When you win, the rules change, and you find you've lost."

"The soul fire determines the strength of the spirit."

"The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination."

"The shield of faith is sword to conquer every fear."

"Without craziness, there is no courage."

"You must conquer every fear with faith."

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"Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius."

"A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops."

"Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything."

"The proper study of mankind is woman."

"Friends are born, not made."

"Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems."

"American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it."

"Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts."

"He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers."

"Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts."