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“The objective of false prophets and teachers of whatever stripe is...the influence and control of the minds of men.”

Men Mind School Lying Education Power Teacher Influence Teaching Objectives Prophet Stripes False Prophets

Author:Ron Dart

“No influence so quickly converts a radical into a reactionary as does his election to power.”

Doe Power Influence Election Radical Reactionaries

Book:My Crystal Ball: Reminiscences

Source: My Crystal Ball: Reminiscences

“That's the way it is with influence, you know; if you don't use it all the time, people will forget you have it.”

People Ifs Knows Way Use Forget Power Influence Forget You

Book:The Boy who Made Good

Source: The Boy who Made Good

“Why do villains have so much influence? Because the honest people are terribly dense.”

People Power Influence Honest Honesty Villain Dense Honest People

Author:Franz Grillparzer

“If you have no power, talk about your influence. If you have power, talk about the constraints that hem you in.”

Ifs Power Influence Constraints Hem

Author:Mason Cooley

“A political place with no power, only influence, is not to my taste.”

Political Politics Power Influence Taste

Author:Ellen Swallow Richards

“Power and courtly influence form an intoxicating draught even when raised to the lips of an ascetic and a saint.”

Form Power Influence Raised Lips Saint Draught

Author:James Fitzjames Stephen

“As more money flowed through Washington and as Washington's power to regulate our lives grew, opportunities and temptations for graft, influence peddling and cutting corners grew exponentially. Power breeds corruption.”

Opportunity Money Power Our Lives Cutting Influence Grew Corruption Corners Temptation More Money Dishonesty Peddling Cutting Corners

Author:Steve Forbes