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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“Democracy has disappeared in several great nations, not because the people of those nations dislike democracy, but because they have grown tired of unemployment and insecurity, of seeing their children hungry while they sat helpless in the face of government confusion and government weakness through lack of leadership... finally, in desperation, they chose to sacrifice liberty in the hope of getting something to eat.”
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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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“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.”
― David Copperfield
― David Copperfield
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