Quote by Black Elk
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I think I have told you, but if I have not, you must have understood, that a man who has a vision is not able to use the power of it until after he has performed the vision on earth for the people to see. – Black Elk

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Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss. – Black Elk

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There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men. – Black Elk

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I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but we should lose them, and from the same good spirit we must find another strength. – Black Elk

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Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world. – Henry Adams

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Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true. – Eric Hoffer

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Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power. – John Adams

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The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive. – Edward Gibbon

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