Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Niccolo Machiavelli) Quotes
....nothing is so unhealthy or unstable as the reputation for power that is not based on one's own power.
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It would be wrong to assume that one must stay with a research programme until it has exhausted all its heuristic power, that one must not introduce a rival programme before everybody agrees that the point of degeneration has probably been reached.
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But only art and music have the power to bring peace.
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I thought that I'd have a briefcase-and-power-suit career.
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The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.
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If we don't change from a world society that worships money and power to one that worships compassion and generosity, I think we'll be extinct by mid-century. I don't say that as an alarmist or as a pessimist.
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Whenever you choose power over love, you will never find true happiness.
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China has an almost infinite need for energy, and frankly, the world would be better off if much of that need goes in the direction of wind power.
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The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.
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We do not take away the powers of surveillance. We do not take away the right and the power of the government to go after those who would do us wrong.
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Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.
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But you will understand by yourselves that the matter applies equally well to the organization of the officials of justice, of administrative officials, etc; these are likewise organized instruments of power in certain societies.
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Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.
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Holding our own government to account for the use of its power is, in my view, the highest mission of a U.S. news organization.
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Power is natural, but it can be improved with a lot of work. It's been something I've focused on for a couple of years because I saw it as a place where I could make improvements.
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Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
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'Sucker Punch' is a big girl power movie.
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There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed.
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Among physicists and chemists, cold fusion - nuclear fusion at close to room temperature - enjoys a reputation about on par with creationism.
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The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
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I took charge of the government as per my commitment to serving the country and the people, and not out of any greed for yet another post.
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I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.
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At the age of 60, you see how short the runway is in front of you and how long the runway is behind you, and that you don't have much time left.
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Big Brother is watching... look busy.
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....nothing is so unhealthy or unstable as the reputation for power that is not based on one's own power.
