"Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it."
-Pericles
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"Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you."
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"For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial."
-Pericles
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"Time is the wisest counselor of all."
-Pericles
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"Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all."
-Pericles
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"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."
-Jimi Hendrix
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"The strategic adversary is fascism... the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behavior, the fascism that causes us to love power, to desire the very thing that dominates and exploits us."
-Michel Foucault
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"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment."
-Mahatma Gandhi
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"Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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"Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power."
-John Steinbeck
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"It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power."
-David Brin
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