Quote by Denis Diderot
Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as

Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey. – Denis Diderot

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It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it. – Denis Diderot

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When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a mans name live for thousands of years. – Denis Diderot

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The superior power of population cannot be checked without producing misery or vice. – Thomas Malthus

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Ive become invested with this symbolic power. It really does transcend what Im actually doing and what I actually deserve. – Nate Silver

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Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions. – James Madison

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Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. – William James

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