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Samurai 1659–1719Related quotes
Rick Riordan book The Last Olympian
Variant: Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding. -Hestia
Source: The Last Olympian
“Obtain power, then, by all means; power is the law of man; make it yours.”
Maria Edgeworth (1768–1849) Irish writer
"An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification" (1795); Tales and Novels, vol. 1, p. 206.
“Magical powers worked sometimes; material powers worked all the time.”
Lois McMaster Bujold book The Hallowed Hunt
Source: World of the Five Gods series, The Hallowed Hunt (2005), Chapter 12 (p. 218)
John Trudell (1946–2015) Native American rights activist, musician, poet
"We are Power" speech (1980)
“The dissident does not operate in the realm of genuine power at all. He is not seeking power.”
Václav Havel (1936–2011) playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and 1st President of the Czech Republic
Living in Truth (1986), An Anatomy of Reticence
Context: The dissident does not operate in the realm of genuine power at all. He is not seeking power. He has no desire for office and does not gather votes. He does not attempt to charm the public, he offers nothing and promises nothing. He can offer, if anything, only his own skin — and he offers it solely because he has no other way of affirming the truth he stands for. His actions simply articulate his dignity as a citizen, regardless of the cost.
Chuck Palahniuk book Invisible Monsters
Variant: It's all mirror, mirror on the wall because beauty is power the same way money is power the same way a gun is power.
Source: Invisible Monsters