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"I have sat at the sumptuous tables of power, but I have not run away with the silverware."

"I have sat at the sumptuous tables of power, but I have not run away with the silverware."

Diosdado Macapagal, Filipino Politician

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"He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. That's where he's getting his power from. He's young and has great elasticity."

"He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. That's where he's getting his power from. He's young and has great elasticity."

Nick Faldo, English Athlete

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"Even military ministers have no more than a certain amount of control. It is customary that they have the right and the power to participate, from a political and military point of view, in the planning of actual operations."

"Even military ministers have no more than a certain amount of control. It is customary that they have the right and the power to participate, from a political and military point of view, in the planning of actual operations."

Hideki Tojo, Japanese Soldier

Power, Control, Military, Planning

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"I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic."

"I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic."

Isabel Allende, Chilean Writer

Power, Dreams, Nature, Emotions

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"And also, we are providing, you know, a nuclear power plant in the north, two light water systems, so some 4 or 5 billion dollars we are providing to meet with North Korean requests on the condition North Korea will not produce a nuclear weapon."

"And also, we are providing, you know, a nuclear power plant in the north, two light water systems, so some 4 or 5 billion dollars we are providing to meet with North Korean requests on the condition North Korea will not produce a nuclear weapon."

Kim Dae Jung, South Korean Leader

Power, Light, Water, Will

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"Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship."

"Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship."

George Orwell, British Author

Power, Dictatorship, End, Revolution

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"Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent."

"Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent."

Vine Deloria, Jr., Sioux Author

Power, Morality, Civilization, Knowledge

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"Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it."

"Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it."

Russell Baker, American Journalist

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"Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous."

"Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous."

William Proxmire, American Politician

Power, Nationalsecurity

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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it."

"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Power, Cynicism, Observation

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"There are movements which impinge upon the nerves with a strength that is incomparable, for movement has power to stir the senses and emotions, unique in itself."

"There are movements which impinge upon the nerves with a strength that is incomparable, for movement has power to stir the senses and emotions, unique in itself."

Doris Humphrey, American Dancer

Power, Strength, Emotions, Nerves

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"Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have."

"Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have."

Saul Alinsky, American Activist

Power, Enemy, First

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"I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half."

"I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half."

Jay Gould, American Businessman

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"It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game."

"It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game."

Garry Kasparov, Azerbaijani Celebrity

Power, Feeling, Losing

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"The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power."

"The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power."

Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan Celebrity

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"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power."

"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power."

Benito Mussolini, Italian Politician

Power, Corporate, Fascism, State

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"It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land."

"It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land."

Sitting Bull, Lakotan Statesman

Power, Being, Land, Neighbors

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"Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility."

"Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility."

Peter Drucker, American Businessman

Power, Privilege, Rank, Responsibility

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"It's okay to be a fat man. It's prestige and power and all of that. But fat women are seen as just lazy and stupid and having no self-control."

"It's okay to be a fat man. It's prestige and power and all of that. But fat women are seen as just lazy and stupid and having no self-control."

Camryn Manheim, American Actress

Power, Women, Man, Self

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"Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it."

"Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it."

Omar Bongo, Gabonese Statesman

Power, Diplomacy, End, Globalization

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"The corporations and the media don't need power; they already have it."

"The corporations and the media don't need power; they already have it."

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spanish Statesman

Power, Corporations, Media

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"Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all my energy and all I possess in my power to serve the people of Nigeria and humanity."

"Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all my energy and all I possess in my power to serve the people of Nigeria and humanity."

Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigerian Statesman

Power, God, People, Energy

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"How does one man assert his power over another, Winston?Winston thought. "By making him suffer, he said."Exactly. By making him suffer. Obedience is not enough. Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his own?..."

"How does one man assert his power over another, Winston?Winston thought. "By making him suffer, he said."Exactly. By making him suffer. Obedience is not enough. Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his own?..."

George Orwell, British Author

Power, Suffering, Obedience, Control

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"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."

"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."

Mao Tse Tung, Chinese Leader

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"Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression."

"Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression."

Malcolm X, American Activist

Power, Defense, Freedom, Oppression

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"The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse."

"The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

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"The whole community of people with disabilities was alive, politically alive. I give Justin Dart credit for that. He traveled to every state in the country. He really made people with disabilities understand that they had some political power."

"The whole community of people with disabilities was alive, politically alive. I give Justin Dart credit for that. He traveled to every state in the country. He really made people with disabilities understand that they had some political power."

Major Owens, American Politician

Power, People, Community, Country

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"The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract."

"The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract."

Walter Lippmann, American Journalist

Power, First, State

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

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

Nadine Gordimer, South African Novelist

Power, Innocence

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"Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free."

"Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free."

Jim Morrison, American Musician

Power, Fear, Freedom

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"The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch."

"The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch."

Corazon Aquino, Philippine Statesman

Power, People, Light, Media

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"The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy."

"The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy."

Meryl Streep, American Actress

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"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."

"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."

Alice Walker, American Author

Power, People, Thinking

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"I've never had a career of that kind of box office power. I've always learned the hard way."

"I've never had a career of that kind of box office power. I've always learned the hard way."

Holly Hunter, American Actress

Power, Career, Office

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"The power to define the situation is the ultimate power."

"The power to define the situation is the ultimate power."

Jerry Rubin, American Activist

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"The timelessness of a concept has to be woven into the running warp of dying time, vertical power has to be wedded to the horizontal earth."

"The timelessness of a concept has to be woven into the running warp of dying time, vertical power has to be wedded to the horizontal earth."

Ella Maillart, Swiss Writer

Power, Time, Dying, Earth

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"When the National Security Agency recruited me, they put me through a day of lie detector tests. They found out all my weaknesses and immediately seduced me. They used the strongest drugs in our culture, sex, power and money, to win me over."

"When the National Security Agency recruited me, they put me through a day of lie detector tests. They found out all my weaknesses and immediately seduced me. They used the strongest drugs in our culture, sex, power and money, to win me over."

John Perkins, American Economist

Power, Money, Sex, Lie

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"Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table."

"Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table."

George Schultz, American Public Servant

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"When the motor was completed and tested, we found that it would develop 16 horse power for a few seconds, but that the power rapidly dropped till, at the end of a minute, it was only 12 horse power."

"When the motor was completed and tested, we found that it would develop 16 horse power for a few seconds, but that the power rapidly dropped till, at the end of a minute, it was only 12 horse power."

Orville Wright, American Inventor

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"Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power."

"Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power."

Malcolm X, American Activist

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"Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices."

"Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Ukraine had quite serious impact on the many Russians. They could see that ordinary people in Ukraine which is a bordering state, very close to Russia, the people of this state are, they didn't want to tolerate anymore the power abuse by Ukrainian officials."

"Ukraine had quite serious impact on the many Russians. They could see that ordinary people in Ukraine which is a bordering state, very close to Russia, the people of this state are, they didn't want to tolerate anymore the power abuse by Ukrainian officials."

Garry Kasparov, Azerbaijani Celebrity

Power, People, Abuse, Russia

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"American power worldwide is at its historic zenith."

"American power worldwide is at its historic zenith."

Zbigniew Brzezinski, American Politician

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"Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!"

"Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!"

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

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"I started rapping because I wanted people to hear what I have to say, I want as many people to hear me as possible, and I do everything in my power to make that pop."

"I started rapping because I wanted people to hear what I have to say, I want as many people to hear me as possible, and I do everything in my power to make that pop."

Talib Kweli, American Musician

Power, People, Want

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"By giving people the power to share, we're making the world more transparent."

"By giving people the power to share, we're making the world more transparent."

Mark Zuckerberg, American Businessman

Power, People, Giving, World

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"The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility."

"The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility."

Vaclav Havel, Czechoslovakian Leader

Power, Heart, Lies, Responsibility

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"The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender."

"The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender."

Sandra Day O'Connor, American Judge

Power, Arguments, Court, Gender

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"None of us knew what this power plant looked like. We had no schematic drawing."

"None of us knew what this power plant looked like. We had no schematic drawing."

William Scranton, American Politician

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"I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it."

"I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it."

Groucho Marx, American Comedian

Power, Day, Events, Today

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