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“Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.”

William Pitt · Power

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William Pitt

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.

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Jerry Saltz

Just as Pollock used the drip to meld process and product, Richter 'found' and used the smudge and the blur to ravish the eye, creating works of psychic and physical power.

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William James

Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.

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Daniel Webster

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

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