Quote by Thomas Jefferson
Power is not alluring to pure minds. - Thomas Jefferson

Power is not alluring to pure minds. – Thomas Jefferson

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What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. – Thomas Jefferson

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Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved. – Cornelius Nepos

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Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting. – Aldous Huxley

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The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law. – Jeremy Bentham

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Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent. – Jonathan Swift

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