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title: "7 Wield Power Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Wield Power quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Wield Power sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Too much power. Too much. Even the Blood weren’t meant to wield this much power. Even Witch had never controlled this much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bishop/too-much-power-too-much-even-the-blood-weren-t-meant-to-wield-this/)

[Anne Bishop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bishop/)

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> [“His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/his-job-is-not-to-wield-power-but-to-draw-attention-away-from-it/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05c/douglas-adams-122_attention_his-job-is-not-to-wield-power-but-to-dra_344728.png)

> [When people in power can operate in the dark, inevitably they abuse that power. So, you need outside forces to bring light…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-greenwald/when-people-in-power-can-operate-in-the-dark-inevitably-they-abuse/)

[Glenn Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-greenwald/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87f/glenn-greenwald-1215_abuse_when-people-in-power-can-operate-in-the_924162.jpg)

> [“Then who do we answer to? Ourselves?" "Of course. Who else can we trust to wield our power? We must follow our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/troy-denning/then-who-do-we-answer-to-ourselves-of-course-who-else-can-we-trust-to/)

[Troy Denning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/troy-denning/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caa/troy-denning-26535_ethics_then-who-do-we-answer-to-ourselves-of-co_997974.png)

> [The way you wield your power is about using it to afford you opportunities that you wouldn't otherwise have. So I'm very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/the-way-you-wield-your-power-is-about-using-it-to-afford-you/)

[Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/)

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> [I would say that by virtue of your not acting parental up to this point, you've relinquished your ability to wield any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/i-would-say-that-by-virtue-of-your-not-acting-parental-up-to-this/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [Only by fighting for democratic power do workers educate themselves up to the level of being able to wield that power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-draper/only-by-fighting-for-democratic-power-do-workers-educate-themselves/)

[Hal Draper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-draper/)

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