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Power Quotes by Peter Singer
- If zoos are like arks, then rare animals are like passengers on a voyage of the damned, never to find a port that will let…
- Will we rise to the challenge and prove our capacity for genuine altruism by ending our ruthless exploitation of the species in our power, not…
- In the sense that you're not at the centre of power, like a president or prime minister of a major power, everyone is marginalised; my…
- If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do…
- Paradoxically, resource-rich developing countries are often worse off than comparable countries that lack those resources. One reason for this is that large resource endowments provide…
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- To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. — Aristotle
- A good intention clothes itself with power. — Ralph Waldo Emerson