"It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own."

Power, Freespeech, Paradox

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"It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own."

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"The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason."

Voltaire, French Writer

Power, Religion, Reason

"Always remember...the stronger your position in life, the more enemies you're gonna have .. while friends come and go."

Ziad K. Abdelnour, Lebanese Author

Power, Enemy, Friend, Strength, Life

"All human beings wield influence-a powerful sword granted at birth. Wield your sword with care."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Power, Influence, Responsibility, Truth

"The empowered may serve justice, remodel the Earth, transform lush nations into smoking battlefields, and bring down skyscrapers, but power itself is amoral."

David Mitchell, British Novelist

Power, Justice, Change, Strength

"Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Power, Failure

"The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages."

Tom Stoppard, English Dramatist

Power, Illusion, Responsibility

"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

"For a great willpower, no road has length!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Power, Inspirational, Truth, Wisdom

"A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

Power, Man, State

"I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

Power, Obedience

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"Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers."

Fishing

"No public man can be just a little crooked."

Man

"The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office."

Family

"Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves."

Action

"We have not yet reached the goal but... we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation."

God

"I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him."

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"The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason."

"Always remember...the stronger your position in life, the more enemies you're gonna have .. while friends come and go."

"All human beings wield influence-a powerful sword granted at birth. Wield your sword with care."

"The empowered may serve justice, remodel the Earth, transform lush nations into smoking battlefields, and bring down skyscrapers, but power itself is amoral."

"Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure."

"The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages."

"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."

"For a great willpower, no road has length!"

"A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself."

"I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible."

Explore more quotes by Herbert Hoover

"Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers."

"No public man can be just a little crooked."

"The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office."

"Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves."

"If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end."

"This is not a showman's job. I will not step out of character."

"Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party."

"Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt."

"We have not yet reached the goal but... we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation."

"I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him."