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It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.: Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983), The Passionate State of Mind, 1954
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An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), letter to John Melish, January 13, 1813
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The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use - of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public.: Robert F. Kennedy (1925 - 1968), 'I Remember, I Believe,' The Pursuit of Justice, 1964
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The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.: Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778), The Social Contract, 1762
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O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Measure for Measure, 1604-1605
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.: Stewart L. Udall (1920 - ), commencement address, Dartmouth College, June 13, 1965
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The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Journals, 1839
Of all the pulpits from which human voice is ever sent forth, there is none from which it reaches so far as from the grave.: John Ruskin (1819 - 1900), The Seven Lamps of Architecture, 1849
Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give.: Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832), Lacon, 1825
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It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.: Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931), 'On Giving,' The Prophet, 1923
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