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“Purchasing power is a license to purchase power.”

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Raoul Vaneigem is a Belgian writer known for his critical analysis of consumerism and modern life. His work primarily focuses on issues of personal freedom, social change, and the essence of human existence. more

“Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them. You may dam up the fountain of water, and make it a stagnant marsh, or you may let it run free and do its work; but you cannot say whether it shall be there; it is there. And it will act, if not openly for good, then covertly for evil; but it will act.”

Ifs Men Should May Soul Running Evil Water Born Power Atheism Should Have Positive Atheism Fountain Stagnant Dams Marshes

Book:The Story of an African Farm

Source: The Story of an African Farm

“If you sit in judgment, investigate, if you sit in supreme power, sit in command.”

Ifs Power Judgment Supreme Command Supreme Power

Author:Seneca the Younger

“Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.”

Long Power Authority Injustice Duration

Author:Seneca the Younger

“Power is the by-product of understanding.”

Understanding Power Products

Author:Jacob Bronowski

“I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.”

Knows Power Sublime Modification

Book:A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful

Source: A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful

“Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never can willingly abandon it. They may be distressed in the midst of all their power; but they will never look to anything but power for their relief.”

Years Looks Kind May Has Beens Power Relief Abandon Midst Intoxicated

Author:Edmund Burke

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