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~We can do noble acts
without ruling the earth and sea.
(dunaton de kai mę archonta gęs kai thalattęs prattein)
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-Aristotle
Nicomachean Ethics, 350BC
1179a 10
W.D. Ross, trans.
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...power is not really good or bad; it is
neutral. Power itself is not negative or positive, although our feelings
about it may be. Power is the potential to influence others for good or evil,
to be a blessing or a scourge. Like nuclear energy, it can provide the
electricity to light a city, or it can fuel the bomb that destroys it.
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-Blaine Lee
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*In any group of men, those
who formulate basic principles will direct those who don't, and will
determine the practical policy of the group.
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-Ayn Rand
Private correspondence to Barry Goldwater (U.S. Senator), June 4,1960
Letters of Ayn Rand, 1995
Chapter 8, "The Later Years (1960-1981)"
Michael S. Berliner, ed.
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*Make no mistake about the
character of mystics. To undercut your consciousness has always been their
purpose throughout the ages--and power, the power to rule you by force, has
always been their only lust.
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-John Galt, the hero in Ayn Rand's
Atlas Shrugged, 1957
Part Three : A is A, Chapter VII, "'This is John Galt Speaking'"
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Beauty is power; a smile is a sword.
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-Charles Reade
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*As soon as absolute truth
is supposed to be contained in the sayings of a certain man, there is a body
of experts to interpret his sayings, and these experts infallibly acquire
power, since they hold the key to truth.
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-Bertrand Russell
Why I Am Not a Christian, and other essays
on religion and related subjects, 1957
"Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilization?", 1930
Paul Edwards, ed.
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