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As in the Divine Right of Kings, hierarchies invest those who preside at the top of their pyramidal structure with absolute power to rule over the lesser ranks that spread down like a marble staircase to the broad foundation stones of those with no power at all.

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Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

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Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

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Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

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All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

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Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

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The greatest power is not money power, but political power.

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