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Quote by Tom Stoppard
Back in the East you cant do much without the right papers, but wi

Back in the East you cant do much without the right papers, but with the right papers you can do anything The believe in papers. Papers are power. – Tom Stoppard

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The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe – responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages. – Tom Stoppard

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power
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Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it. – Tom Stoppard

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Power ought to serve as a check to power. – Charles de Secondat

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No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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In the main it will be found that a power over a mans support (salary) is a power over his will. – Alexander Hamilton

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Unlimited power corrupts the possessor. – William Pitt

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