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11-23-2011, 09:33 AM
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Makes some feel uncomfortable
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Flint
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11-23-2011, 10:07 AM
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Might have been Ben Franklin?
I like this: 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 (1950 - ) |
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11-23-2011, 12:34 PM
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If power were attainable to a righteous man and he were to remain righteous then yes he deserves power.
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11-26-2011, 11:27 PM
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Quote:
Power over yourself is the only power you can hope to acheive. Power over yourself can never be fully acheived. Therefore, power is an illusion.
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