#power

Merely that I have a World Wide Web page does not give me any power, any abilities, nor any status in the real world. ↗

— Clifford Stoll

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The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers. ↗

— Erich Fromm

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The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist. ↗

— Erich Fromm

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There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers. ↗

— Erich Fromm

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I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power. ↗

— Robert Frost

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The great power the president has is that he is the most prominent person in the biggest media event on the planet. He has the attention of the nation and the world. When he speaks, everybody listens. ↗

— David Frum

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Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright. ↗

— Charlotte Gainsbourg

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A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance; but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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