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Knowledge is power.
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Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626), Religious Meditations, Of Heresies, 1597
We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.
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Stephen Vincent Benet (1898 - 1943), Litany for Dictatorships, 1935
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.
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Stewart L. Udall (1920 - ), commencement address, Dartmouth College, June 13, 1965
An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.
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Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), letter to John Melish, January 13, 1813
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.
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William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)
Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.
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Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924), letter to Mary A. Hulbert, September 21, 1913
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