The lust for power

The lust for power
The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.
  

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Power tires only those who do not have it.
Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.
Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.
Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.
To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.
There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.
A quiettongue shows a wise head.
Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant
I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.
Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.
A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.
Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.