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We should keep silent about those in power to speak well of them almost implies flattery to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly. – Jean de la Bruyere

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Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall. – Charles Babbage

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