Fitness Quote by Richard Henry Dana Jr

“He had known that power requires to be used; that the world compels the exercise of power if one possesses it. And that necessity…

— Rachel Neumeier

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a…

— Thomas Paine

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm…

— John Stuart Mill

[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power.

— Walter Raleigh

“A man with power protects and serves those lesser than he. It is only the weak who use their power to do harm.”

— Rhys Ford

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a…

— Thomas Paine

“Authority is a responsible form of power; it should be given to responsible man.”

— Amit Kalantri

He who performs his duty in a station of great power must needs incur the utter enmity of many, and the high displeasure of…

— Francis Atterbury

“A real man can use power, rather than let power use him”

— Moffat Machingura

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and…

— Frederick Douglass

“This makes it Lawful for a Man to Kill a Thief, who has not in the least hurt him, nor declared any design upon…

— John Locke

Let him leave the imperial court, who wishes to be virtuous. Virtue and absolute power cannot coexist.

— Lucan