Downfall Quote by Thomas B. Macaulay Download Open image “Power, safely defied, touches its downfall.” — Thomas B. Macaulay ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Downfall Power
When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
The most dangerous thing about power is to employ it where it is not applicable. — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Power in any Form . . . when directed only by human Wisdom and Benevolence is dangerous. — John Adams Copy Share Image
It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, will not be given up without a struggle. — Shulamith Firestone Copy Share Image
We must judge a government by its general tendencies and not by its happy accidents. — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
None of the modes by which a magistrate is appointed, popular election, the accident of the lot, or the accident of birth, affords, as… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Our estimate of a character always depends much on the manner in which that character affects our own interests and passions. — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Re: Robert Montgomery's Poems His writing bears the same relation to poetry which a Turkey carpet bears to a picture. There are colours in… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Highest among those who have exhibited human nature by means of dialogue stands Shakespeare. His variety is like the variety of nature,--endless diversity, scarcely… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
The most beautiful object in the world, it will be allowed, is a beautiful woman. — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
The passages in which Milton has alluded to his own circumstances are perhaps read more frequently, and with more interest, than any other lines… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Oh, wherefore come ye forth in triumph from the north, With your hands, and your feet, and your raiment all red? And wherefore doth… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
It is, I believe, no exaggeration to say that all the historical information which has been collected in the Sanskrit language is less valuable… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Ambrose Phillips . . . who had the honor of bringing into fashion a species of composition which has been called, after his name, Namby Pamby. — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
In the infancy of civilization, when our island was as savage as New Guinea, when letters and arts were still unknown to Athens, when… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Corruption could lead to the collapse of the Party [Communist Party of China] and the downfall of the state [People's Republic of China]. — Xi Jinping Copy Share Image
I feel like the downfall of any person is the second an artist starts celebrating their work themselves, that becomes problematic. — Questlove Copy Share Image
Greetings, O Great Gazoo. How nice of you to join us here on planet Earth again. (Cael) Thanks, Barney. How’s Betty and Bam Bam… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches that all conquerors… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I like food too much to go on some crazy diet. French fries are my favorite downfall. — Holly Madison Copy Share Image
What I've learned is not to take anybody's advice. If you rely solely on your fans, it sets you up for the downfall on… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
Like Achilles, the hero who forgot his heel, or like Icarus who, flying close to the sun, forgot that his wings were made of… — Dwight Longenecker Copy Share Image
When under the influence of certain (or some) reasons (or causes) (alcohol, war, etc - added Spir here) the low instincts are unbridled (or… — African Spir Copy Share Image
The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from internal decay combined with the consequences of… — B. H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
I’m overwhelmed. My biggest downfall is my brightest blessing, I feel too much, all the time. Ya Allah, if it’ll keep my heart soft,… — Warsan Shire Copy Share Image
“Life can beat you down and at times make you feel unlovable it can distort your sense to the point where you don't recognize… — Aireen C. Pontillo Copy Share Image
