"The fault dear Brutus is not in our stars But in ourselves that we are underlings."
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"The fault dear Brutus is not in our stars But in ourselves that we are underlings."
"The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence."
"Responsibility n: A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God Fate Fortune Luck or one's neighbour. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star."
"Power in America today is control of the means of communication."
"People exercise an unconscious selection in being influenced."
"Not hammer strokes but dance of the water sings the pebbles into perfection."
"Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
"Many a man's strength is in opposition and when he faileth he groweth out of use."
"Man's responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases."
"It is not power that corrupts but fear. The fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it."
"Horsepower was a wonderful thing when only horses had it."
"He who despises his own life is soon master of another's."
"Ordinary men wonder why those of only average intelligence so often rise to the highest levels of power, while highly intelligent people generally do not. They fail to understand that reaching the highest levels of power has nothing to do with admired attributes such as intelligence and competence. The predominant characteristic of those who rise to the highest levels of power is a total disregard for the consequences – including death – that will befall thousands, or hundreds of thousands, or millions of human beings if it is deemed necessary to attain his (or her) goals. Generally speaking, it is this total disregard for humanity that has distinguished ‘rulers’ throughout history."
"We must dilute and disperse all forms of concentrated power that refuse to be accountable to majority wishes."
"The power of love make everything Possible"
"The skill of the politician consists in guessing what people can be brought to think advantageous to themselves; the skill of the experts consists in calculating what really is advantageous, provided people can be brought to think so. (The proviso is essential, because measures which arouse serious resentment are seldom advantageous, whatever merits they may have otherwise.) The power of the politician, in a democracy, depends upon his adopting the opinions which seem right to the average man. It is useless to urge that politicians ought to be high-minded enough to advocate what enlightened opinion considers good, because if they do they are swept aside for others."
"The special skill of the politician consists in knowing what passions can be most easily aroused, and how to prevent them, when aroused, from being harmful to himself and his associates... Moreover, since politicians are divided into rival groups, they aim at similarly dividing the nation, unless they have the good fortune to unite it in war against some other nation."
"The best way to filter out the bad seeds was to place a job ad for Prime Minister in a national newspaper and all those that applied would be automatically disqualified."
"Ignorance is a limitation."
"Fearlessness can be its own form of power."
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