"Power corrupts, and there is nothing more corrupting than power exercised in secret."

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Source : David A. Durfee, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, United States. President (1841-1845 : Tyler) (1970). “William Henry Harrison, 1773-1841: John Tyler, 1790-1862; chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns

Daniel Schorr

#Secret Quotes #Power Corrupts Quotes

“The Internet is a very powerful tool; unfortunately its starting to get a little saturated.”
“I think of the people who commit these acts as children. They're in their 20s, but like certain children, they have been told only one story, over and over. Like most children, they believe in an easily identifiable good and evil, and like most children, they are capable of unthinkable cruelty.”
“Since the war nothing is so really frightening not the dark not alone in a room or anything on a road or a dog or a moon but two things, yes, indigestion and high places they are frightening.”
“I suppose that it was inevitable that my word-base broadened. I could now for the first time pick up a book and read and now begin to understand what the book was saying. Anyone who has read a great deal can imagine the new world that opened. Let me tell you something: from then until I left that prison, in every free moment I had, if I was not reading in the library, I was reading in my bunk. You couldnâ€™t have gotten me out of my books with a wedge...Months passed without my even thinking about being imprisoned. In fact, up to then, I never had been so truly free in my life.”
“Today make GOOD DECISIONS. Decide to selflessly serve others, to control your thoughts, to eat water-rich foods and to get lots of exercise.”
“The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.”
“The less people think of you, the more they will reveal to you or in your presence.”

Source : Lian Hearn (2008). “Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori”, p.77, Pan Macmillan
“She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.”

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