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Quote by Pierre Corneille
A true king is neither husband nor father he considers his throne

A true king is neither husband nor father he considers his throne and nothing else. – Pierre Corneille

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To die for ones country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death. – Pierre Corneille

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I used to wish there was a useful term for those of us who thought American power should be used to remove psychopathic dictators. – Christopher Hitchens

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There is no man more dangerous, in a position of power, than he who refuses to accept as a working truth the idea that all a man does should make for rightness and soundness, that even the fixing of a tariff rate must be moral. – Ida Tarbell

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Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. – Muhammad Ali

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Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent. – Jonathan Swift

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