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To use the power of the bison, I had to perform that part of my vision for the people to see. – Black Elk

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The boys of my people began very young to learn the ways of men, and no one taught us we just learned by doing what we saw, and we were warriors at a time when boys now are like girls. – Black Elk

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I had a vision with which I might have saved my people, but I had not the strength to do it. – Black Elk

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I think I have told you, but if I have not, you must have understood, that a man who has a vision is not able to use the power of it until after he has performed the vision on earth for the people to see. – Black Elk

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

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Technology gives us power, but it does not and cannot tell us how to use that power. Thanks to technology, we can instantly communicate across the world, but it still doesnt help us know what to say. – Jonathan Sacks

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With power comes the abuse of power. And where there are bosses, there are crazy bosses. Its nothing new. – Judd Rose

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They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, Can he name a kitten? – Samuel Butler

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