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Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it. ↗

— Milton Friedman

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There are many respects in which America, if it can bring itself to act with the magnanimity and the empathy appropriate to its size and power, can be an intelligent example to the world. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

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I do not question the power of our weapons and the efficiency of our logistics; I cannot say these things delight me as the y seem to delight some of our officials, but they are certainly impressive. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

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As a conservative power, the United States has a vital interest in upholding and expanding the reign of law in international relations. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

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Power confuses itself with virtue and tends also to take itself for omnipotence. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

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We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every 10 minutes. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

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Great nations are simply the operating fronts of behind-the-scenes, vastly ambitious individuals who had become so effectively powerful because of their ability to remain invisible while operating behind the national scenery. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

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Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

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Television has tremendous power over our lives. ↗

— Julie Nixon Eisenhower

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