"The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind – not the fiend or the sadist."
― Erich Fromm
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Power
― Erich Fromm
More From Erich Fromm
- "There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail."
- "We all dream; we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes on in our sleep minds, strange at least by comparison with the logical, purposeful doings of our minds when we are awake."
- "Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?"
More In Power
- "What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse."― Isabel Allende
- "I think every individual has his or her own power, and it’s a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is."― Jill Scott
- "Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power."― John Adams