"Power is a trick. It lies where we believe it lies."

Power, Perception, Control, Illusion

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"Power is a trick. It lies where we believe it lies."

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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."

John Stuart Mill, English Philosopher

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"All the problems of the nation are nothing, in comparison to the might of God."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Confusion is a weapon that is used by others to gain a temporary objective or advantage."

Steven Redhead, British Author

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"Utilizing the Power of Your Heart is the most significant choice you will make in life."

Steven Redhead, British Author

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"In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state."

Peter L. Berger, Austrian Sociologist

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"All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

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"Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"I remembered seeing it and it was this metallic turbine and I thought it was beautiful. I had never been in a power plant before, but I felt, without being overly dramatic, compelled to make photographs of this for myself."

John Sexton, American Educator

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"We're all as susceptible to the lure of power."

Nalini Singh, New Zealander Author

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"A wolf can only mock a lion thousands of miles away."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"One voyage to the East and a man could live as rich as a lord until the end of his days. When he'd been younger, Davos had dreamed of making such voyages himself. But the years went dancing by like moths around a flame, and somehow the time had never been quite right."

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"A harp can be a dangerous as a sword, in the right hands."

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"Wolves and women wed for life."

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"People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up."

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"Hard hands and no sense of humor makes for a bad marriage."

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"My lord father used to say a man should never draw his sword unless he means to use it."

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