Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2003-07-10 Jul 10, 2003Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.~ Dr. Samuel JohnsonNeither your life nor my life, nor the future of this country, will be affected in the slightest by whether Linda Tripp is naughty or nice. But if any president is able to commit crimes with impunity by using the vast powers and perquisites of his office to cover up, then we will have a danger of corruption and abuse of power that can only grow with the passing years and generations.~ Thomas SowellThe things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Jul 9, 2003I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.~ Thomas JeffersonIn some ways, certain books are more powerful by far than any battle.~ Henry WallaceWith virtue and quietness one may conquer the world.~ Lao-TzuAll authority is quite degrading.~ Oscar Wilde Jul 8, 2003From the saintly and single-minded idealist to the fanatic is often but a step.~ Friedrich August von HayekThose in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.~ Eric HofferIf absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?~ Harry Shearer Jul 7, 2003The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.~ Baltasar Gracian Jul 4, 2003Fear is the foundation of most governments; but it is so sordid and brutal a passion, and renders men in whose breasts it predominates so stupid and miserable, that Americans will not be likely to approve of any political institution which is founded on it.~ John AdamsYou see what power is -- holding someone else's fear in your hand and showing it to them!~ Amy TanIt is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.~ Eric HofferPower never takes a back step -- only in the face of more power.~ Malcolm X Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print