The lust for power

The lust for power
The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.
  

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I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.
Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.
The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.
Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.
We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.
EDUCATION BEGINS WITH LIFE.
The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.
I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.
The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.
Renown and repose do not go together.
No matter how good the idea of the other fellow may be, there is always a better one !
He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.