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“Nearly all men can stand
thouGhts adversity, but if you want to
test a man’s character, give
him power.”
on poWer —aBrahaM lincoln

“There are two kinds of power. One is obtained by the
fear of punishment, and the other by acts of love.”
—MahatMa Gandhi

“I love being at the centre of things.”
—MarGaret thatcher

“Leadership is not about being nice. It’s about being
right and being strong.” —Paul KeatinG

“There is no worse heresy than that the office
sanctifies the holder of it.” —lord acton

“Power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands
it is placed.” —Sir WilliaM JoneS

“Where there is power, there is resistance.”
—Michel Foucault

“Men in great place are thrice servants: Servants of
the sovereign or state, servants of fame and servants
of business.” —FranciS Bacon

“Athens holds sway over Greece; I dominate Athens;
my wife dominates me; our newborn son dominates
her.” —theMiStocleS

“Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views
beyond the comprehension of the weak.”
—John adaMS

“He that would govern others first should be the
master of himself.” —PhiliP MaSSinGer

“I looked around at all the little fishes present and
said, ‘I’m the Kingfish’.” —huey lonG
Chaitanya dinesh surpur; top: Getty imaGes —John naiSBitt
“The new source of power is not money in the hands of
the few but information in the hands of many.”

“Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.”
—leonardo da Vinci

“He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to
command.” —niccolò MachiaVelli

“The secret of my influence has always been that it
remained secret.” —SalVador dali

“The most common way people “What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power
give up their power is by not to do.” —ariStotle
thinking they don’t have any.” “The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only

rarely been successful and then only for a short while.”
—alice WalKer —alBert einStein

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