"Power, like a desolating pestilence, pollutes whatever it……" — Percy Bysshe Shelley

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• Power is the ability to achieve purpose. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Nature turns all malfaisance to good. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• It is the power of thought that gives man power over nature. — Hans Christian Andersen
• Power is a neutral energy source, like tofu. It's what you do with it that gives it flavor. — Elizabeth Gilbert