If absolute power

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

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You can't unscramble an egg.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

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