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title: "3 Pursue Power Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Pursue Power quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Pursue Power sayings and thoughts."
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> [Great powers that have no reason to fight with each other, but are merely concerned with their own survival, nevertheless have little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mearsheimer/great-powers-that-have-no-reason-to-fight-with-each-other-but-are/)

[John Mearsheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mearsheimer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81f/john-mearsheimer-3817_fight_great-powers-that-have-no-reason-to-figh_374861.jpg)

> [You must assume full responsibility for choosing to pursue power. Know that you alone have chosen to be tested, and then proceed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-livingston/you-must-assume-full-responsibility-for-choosing-to-pursue-power-know/)

[Mike Livingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-livingston/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa6/mike-livingston-63113_assuming_you-must-assume-full-responsibility-for_609920.jpg)

> [“Idols of power, then, are not only for the powerful. You can pursue power in small, petty ways, by becoming a local…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-j-keller/idols-of-power-then-are-not-only-for-the-powerful-you-can-pursue/)

[Timothy J. Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-j-keller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/528/timothy-j-keller-3733_idolatry_idols-of-power-then-are-not-only-for-the_2887468.jpg)

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