"What recommends commerce to me is its enterprise and bravery. It does not clasp its hands and pray to Jupiter."

Power, Commerce, Bravery, Action, Truth

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"What recommends commerce to me is its enterprise and bravery. It does not clasp its hands and pray to Jupiter."

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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

Power, Possibility, Economy, State

"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

Power, Gods

"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

Power, Thought, Being

"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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"If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you will never read, you have done rare things."

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"It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes."

Identity

"A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting."

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"It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right."

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"I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls."

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"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone."

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"Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution."

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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."

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

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

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

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

"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."

"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."

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

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

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"If you can speak what you will never hear, if you can write what you will never read, you have done rare things."

"It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes."

"A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting."

"It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right."

"I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls."

"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone."

"Nature puts no question and answers none which we mortals ask. She has long ago taken her resolution."

"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads."

"That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest."

"Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth."