Quotes 381 till 400 of 963.
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Liberty has never come from government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.
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Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
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Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.
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Liberty, then, about which so many volumes have been written is, when accurately defined, only the power of acting.
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Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires is what counts.
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Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours.
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Love is an expression of power. We can use it to transform our world.
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Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery.
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Major North has had for years complete power over these Indians and can do more with them than any man living.
The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout, and Guide: An Autobiography (1978 edition), U of Nebraska Press -
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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Man is born to seek power, yet his actual condition makes him a slave to the power of others.
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Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.
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Man is the only living species that has the power to act as his own destroyer—and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.
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Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
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Man's ultimate destiny is to become one with the Divine Power which governs and sustains the creation and its creatures.
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Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.
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Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
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Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings.
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Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks.
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Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience.
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