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Every crisis offers you extra desired power. – William Moulton Marston

There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come. – Everett Dirksen

Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have. – Andrew Young

I believe in the power of weakness. – Pat Buckley

Power and position often make a man trifle with the truth. – George A. Smith

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time. – Sophie Swetchine

Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it. – Carolyn Heilbrun

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor. – William Pitt

The way to have power is to take it. – Boss Tweed

The law has no power over heroes. – Charlotte Lennox

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. – Ronald Reagan

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while. – Albert Einstein

The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe. – Albert Einstein

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed. – Thomas Jefferson

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. – Lao Tzu

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. – Muhammad Ali

Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence. – Thomas Jefferson

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices. – Voltaire

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive. – Winston Churchill

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself. – Winston Churchill