"Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb."

Power, Innocence

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"Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb."

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"Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both."

John F. Kennedy, American President

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"The prayer of a righteous man avails much."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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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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"Power is not sufficient evidence of truth."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"People having victimhood attract imperious and authoritative individuals in their life."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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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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"Remember that I have power; you believe yourself miserable, but I can make you so wretched that the light of day will be hateful to you. You are my creator, but I am your master;--obey!"

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English Author

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"Some women are built by the fire. Yet, there are some that are the FIRE!"

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

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"The strength of spirit is measured by sufferings."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion."

Joseph Addison, English Writer

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"Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter."

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"Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area."

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"Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity."

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"Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter."

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"There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice."

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"Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is."

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"The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable."

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"The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed by the mind's eye only, fade out in sand."

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