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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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The role of the intelligence – that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit. – Simone Weil

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Intelligence
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Simone Weil
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Every new development for the last three centuries has brought men closer to a state of affairs in which absolutely nothing would be recognized in the whole world as possessing a claim to obedience except the authority of the State. The majority of people in Europe obey nothing else. – Simone Weil

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Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit. – Chuck Palahniuk

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A reform is a correction of abuses a revolution is a transfer of power. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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As a nuclear power – as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon – the United States has a moral responsibility to act. – Barack Obama

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The party in power, like Jonahs gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall. – Davy Crockett

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