But although the cliché says that power always corrupts, what is seldom said, but what is equally true, is that power always reveals. When a man is climbing, trying to persuade others to give him power, concealment is necessary: to hide
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“With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.”
― John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address
― John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address
“Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.”
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“For all those whose cares
have been our concern,
the work goes on,
the cause endures,
the hope still lives,
and the dream shall never die.”
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have been our concern,
the work goes on,
the cause endures,
the hope still lives,
and the dream shall never die.”
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“All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days . . .nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.”
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“Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something
(All The King's Men)”
― All the King's Men
(All The King's Men)”
― All the King's Men
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