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The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power
Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats
Who is all powerful should fear everything
Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey
The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious
A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it
The possession of power unavoidably spoils the free use of reason
Constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go
Power ought to serve as a check to power
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