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Quote by Jonathan Swift
Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect

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

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Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybodys face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it. – Jonathan Swift

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I am sure that no man can derive more pleasure from money or power than I do from seeing a pair of basketball goals in some out of the way place. – James Naismith

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The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing. – Herodotus

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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, thats totally nonsense. – Dalai Lama

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A word after a word after a word is power. – Margaret Atwood

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