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One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent. - Nap

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands. – Plato

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I dont have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life. I practice a humility that presupposes theres a power greater than myself. And I always believe, dont inflict harm where its not necessary. – Michael J. Fox

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