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Power is not alluring to pure minds. - Thomas Jefferson

Power is not alluring to pure minds. – Thomas Jefferson

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Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear. – Thomas Jefferson

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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they dont have any. – Alice Walker

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Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing to be able to dare! – Fyodor Dostoevsky

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No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined. – Harry Emerson Fosdick

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Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true. – Eric Hoffer

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