Short quotations about, power - Page 2

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There are two ways of resisting war…

3 Jul , 2015  

There are two ways of resisting war: the legal way and the revolutionary way. The legal way involves the offer of alternatinve service not as a privilege for a few but as a right for all. The revolutionary view involves an uncompromising resistance, with a view to breaking the power of militarism in time of […]

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Cornelius Tacitus

There can never be a complete confi…

3 Jul , 2015  

There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive. Great short quote and quotation by: Cornelius Tacitus , Roman historian & politician (55 AD – 117 AD)

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John Adams, Journal, 1772

There is danger from all men. The o…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. Great short quote and quotation by: John Adams, Journal, 1772 , US diplomat & politician (1735 – 1826)

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There is no history of mankind, the…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life. And one of these is the history of political power. This is elevated into the history of the world. Great short quote and quotation by: Karl Popper ,

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There is no thought in any mind, bu…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is no thought in any mind, but it quickly tends to convert itself into a power. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph Waldo Emerson , US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)

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James Roy Smith

There is nothing in the world more …

3 Jul , 2015  

There is nothing in the world more powerful than an idea. No weapon can destroy it; no power can conquer it except the power of another idea. Great short quote and quotation by: James Roy Smith ,

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There is only one way to happiness …

17 Nov , 2014  

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. Great short quote and quotation by: Epictetus , Roman (Greek-born) slave & Stoic philosopher (55 AD – 135 AD)

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Brenda Ueland

Think of yourself as an incandescen…

17 Dec , 2013  

Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God and his messengers. Great short quote and quotation by: Brenda Ueland ,

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Think what you do when you run into…

17 Dec , 2013  

Think what you do when you run into debt; you give another power over your liberty. Great short quote and quotation by: Benjamin Franklin , US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 – 1790)

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Captain J. A. Hadfield

This art of resting the mind and th…

17 Dec , 2013  

This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy in our great men. Great short quote and quotation by: Captain J. A. Hadfield ,

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Herodotus, The Histories of Herodotus

This is the bitterest pain among me…

14 Jun , 2013  

This is the bitterest pain among men, to have much knowledge but no power. Great short quote and quotation by: Herodotus, The Histories of Herodotus , Greek historian & traveler (484 BC – 430 BC)

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Susan Polis Schutz

This life is yours. Take the power …

14 Jun , 2013  

This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No […]

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