Preface
Mere Christianity (1952)
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Quoted in Ossipov, "Suvorov," 1945.
“It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy — from lack of character.”
Dag Hammarskjöld
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“Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power.”
Eric Hoffer
(1898–1983) American philosopher
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Working and Thinking on the Waterfront (1969)
Context: The significant point is that people unfit for freedom — who cannot do much with it — are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a "have" type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities. The desire for power is basically an attribute of a "have-not" type of self. If Hitler had had the talents and the temperament of a genuine artist, if Stalin had had the capacity to become a first-rate theoretician, if Napoleon had had the makings of a great poet or philosopher they would hardly have developed the all-consuming lust for absolute power.
Freedom gives us a chance to realize our human and individual uniqueness. Absolute power can also bestow uniqueness: to have absolute power is to have the power to reduce all the people around us to puppets, robots, toys, or animals, and be the only man in sight. Absolute power achieves uniqueness by dehumanizing others.
To sum up: Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power.
“How to handle enemies and those who wrong or offend me.”
Frank Crane
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Four Minute Essays Vol. 7 (1919), A School for Living
Oscar Wilde
(1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
The Critic as Artist (1891), Part I
Variant: Action... is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.
Omar Abdullah
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22 July 2008, Lok Sabha Give us a voice, says NC’s Omar Abdullah, floors House with own http://www.indianexpress.com/story/339280.html Indian Express, 23 July 2008.
Owen Lovejoy
(1811–1864) American politician
As quoted in His Brother's Blood: Speeches and Writings, 1838–64 https://books.google.com/books?id=qMEv8DNXVbIC&pg=PA241 (2004), edited by William Frederick Moore and Jane Ann Moore, p. 241
1860s, Speech (October 1860)