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Quote by Simone Weil
To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile. - Simone

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile. – Simone Weil

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Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it. – Simone Weil

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The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes. – Felix Frankfurter

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The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all. – Origen

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Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can. – Philip Zimbardo

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We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice. – Stephen Covey

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