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I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.

The strong man is the one who can best utilize the collective wisdom of others.

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.

Great ambition is the passion of a great character.

A true man hates no one.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people, but because of the silence of good people.

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.