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Letter "P" » Power
«Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.»
«Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society.»
Author: Michel Foucault
(Historian, Philosopher, Scholar)
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Power
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attributes, complex, endowed, institution, structure, The name
«Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.»
Author: Saul Alinsky
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Power
«Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.»
Author: George Orwell
(Essayist, Novelist)
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Power
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After the Revolution, dictatorship, dictatorships, establish, revolution, safeguard, safeguarded, Safeguarding, safeguards, the revolution
«Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.»
Author: Jonathan Swift
(Author, Satirist)
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Power
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blessing, innocent, innocent of, protect, used to
«Power is not sufficient evidence of truth»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
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Power,
Truth
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evidence, sufficient
«Power is not alluring to pure minds»
«Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.»
«Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.»
«Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.»
Author: Napoleon Bonaparte
(Emperor, General, Politician)
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Power
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conquest, conquests, mistress, worked
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