Power

It is said that power corrupts, and that absolute power corrupts absolutely. But power does not corrupt, it only reveals corruption. Below are some of the greatest power quotes on the web.

"I may speak with an accent, but I don’t think with an accent."
― Tomas Gorny
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"The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power."
― Daniel Webster
"If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that’s totally nonsense."
― Dalai Lama
"The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything."
― David Ogilvy
"I think a responsibility comes with notoriety, but I never think of it as power. It’s more like something you hold, like grains of sand. If you keep your hand closed, you can have it and possess it, but if you open your fingers in any way, you can lose it just as quickly."
― Diana Ross
"The law always limits every power it gives."
― David Hume
"An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy."
― Daniel Webster
"There are movements which impinge upon the nerves with a strength that is incomparable, for movement has power to stir the senses and emotions, unique in itself."
― Doris Humphrey
"A politician’s goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power."
― Dean Koontz
"Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other’s."
― Deborah Tannen

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