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Quote by Eric Hoffer
Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and ma

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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More significant than the fact that poets write abstrusely, painters paint abstractly, and composers compose unintelligible music is that people should admire what they cannot understand; indeed, admire that which has no meaning or principle. – Eric Hoffer

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A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past. – Eric Hoffer

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Future
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We feel free when we escape — even if it be but from the frying pan into the fire. – Eric Hoffer

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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. – George Washington

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A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now Ive been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light. – Henri Matisse

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Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power. – Pierre Corneille

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Power over a mans subsistence is power over his will. – Alexander Hamilton

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Dreaming or awake, we perceive only events that have meaning to us. – Jane Roberts

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For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself. – Winston Churchill

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All women who kill or have sexual obsessions or who are prostitutes have trouble with their fathers. – Catherine Deneuve

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There are two types of people — those who come into a room and say, “Well, here I am!” and those who come in and say, “Ah, there you are.” – Frederick L. Collins

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