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Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves. — Aesop

God's is real power clothed in apparent powerlessness; Evil's is apparent power which is really powerlessness. — David Jeremiah

Kind and lovely thought originate from God while evil and revengeful thoughts are initiated by the devil. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Satan's greatest power was not that he could inflict evil. His greatest power was to make the sons of God forget who they were. — Deepak Chopra

Knowledge is power, but how you use that power defines whether you're good, or evil. — Daniel Jackson

For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense. — Dante Alighieri

Power engenders the evil-minded who ill-treat the needy in all parts of the world. — Sylvia Iparraguirre

Power is not good or evil. It is what it is in the hands of the wielder. — Karen Marie Moning

The power of fictitious writing, for good as well as for evil, is a thing which ought most seriously to be reflected upon. — Harriet Beecher Stowe

The power is neither evil not good; it simply exists. It is up to the mind of man to put it to use. — Terry Goodkind

Power is the central promise of evil, the dark light of that lamp, because nothing extinguishes the soul more quickly than pride in power. — Dean Koontz

He wanted to kill us. With what? His evil-eye power?
Will pulled a gun out from underneath his loose shirt.
Oh, yeah, that would do it. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

The power of evil was nothing more than a tangible thing, something that given the strength of will, could be broken as easily as glass. — Nathan Robinson

Evil labours with vast power and perpetual success - in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in. — J.R.R. Tolkien

She had not yet decided whether to use her power for good ... or for evil. — Anne Taintor

Power should be a check on power. — Baron De Montesquieu

If I had the power to burn evil over 6 billion people wouldn't be alive today. — Daniel Marques

How does one use power to do good, when wielding power requires one to do evil ? — Niccolo Machiavelli

The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat. — Edith Hamilton

You are evil. But even the power of evil cannot stand against the power of faith and goodness. — Griffin Jay

Power is neither good nor evil, but its user makes it so. — Erin Hunter

Depths of Friendship
... under fathoms deep
of dark and bitter cold
an eerie oscillation
reverberated brash and bold ... — Muse

Jesus' Cross shows the full force of evil, but also the full power of God's mercy. — Pope Francis

The press has no better friend than I am, no one who is more ready to acknowledge ... its tremendous power for both good and evil. — Abraham Lincoln

If power made one evil, then God would be the Devil. — Jonah Goldberg

There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it. — J.K. Rowling

Hate cannot be fought with hate. Evil cannot be conquered by darkness. Only love has the power to conquer them both. — R.L. LaFevers

Camera-phones are like nuclear power plants: bad people will turn them into evil, good people will put them to good use. — Philippe Kahn

The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power. — John Stuart Mill

Evil done in the name of a Power of good is still evil. And good done in the name of a Power of evil is still good. — Mercedes Lackey

It is not the misuse of power that is evil; the very existence of power is an evil. — Charles A. Reich

Evil people naturally assume that you will use that power exactly as they would use it. — Orson Scott Card

Who are you then?"
"I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The presumed causes of Americas troubles can be summed up simply: the evils of unlimited competition, and abuses by those with economic power. — Charles A. Reich

Evil deeds and lies - kept hidden - ruin lives. Secrets give evil the power to grow. — Nikki Sex

Sir 19:25 And if he be hindered from sinning for want of power, if he shall find opportunity to do evil, he will do it. — Various

He who sins easily, sins less. The very power
Renders less vigorous the roots of evil. — Ovid

The peasants of all lands recognize power and they salute it, whether it's good or evil. — Andrei Codrescu

Some have little power to do good, and have likewise little strength to resist evil. — Samuel Johnson

McMahon predicted that "total power in the hands of total evil will equal destruction." The — Eric Schlosser

Our minds are a battle ground between good and bad ideas; we are whatever side wins the battle — Bangambiki Habyarimana

hope like hell that man is an evil man. Because the evil like power, power over people, and they want to see you in fear. — Terry Pratchett

Power is of its nature evil, whoever wields it. — Jacob Burckhardt

Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it. — Baron De Montesquieu

Whenever power is used for evil, it becomes diabolical; it must be used for good only. — Swami Vivekananda

If religion cannot restrain evil, it cannot claim effective power for good. — Morris Raphael Cohen

One way to drive home the futility and evil of war is to tap the distancing power of satire. — Steven Pinker

Money, it has been said, is the cause of good things to a good man, of evil things to a bad man. — Philo

What is evil? There is no such thing. In Buddhism we don't recognize evil and therefore we don't give it any power over us. — Frederick Lenz

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings. — Carl Sandburg

Inequality of rights and power proceeds from the very Author of nature ... — Pope Leo XIII

Evil draws its power from indecision and concern for what other people think. — Pope Benedict XVI

The greatest power of bureaucracies is to make the smart act stupid and the good to act evil. — Raul Ramos Y Sanchez

Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble, and in choosing the lesser evil. — Niccolo Machiavelli

You are evil like all existence ... If power were mine I would crush the universe to bloody gravel and stamp into the ultimate muck! — Jack Vance

We run to place and power over the dead bodies of those who fail and fall; ay, we win the food we eat from out the mouths of starving babes. — H. Rider Haggard

And power without compassion is the worst kind of evil there is. — E.J. Patten

Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent. — Samuel Johnson

What makes people happy is activity; changing evil itself into good by power, working in a God like manner. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Mercy is the true power that can save humanity and the world from sin and evil. — Pope Francis

And I must believe that man has the power to know the right, to choose between good and evil and know that his choice has made a difference ... — Marion Zimmer Bradley

Of course you'll encounter trouble. But behold a God of power who can take any evil and turn it into a door of hope. — Catherine Marshall

Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it. — Douglas MacArthur

Thy hand bestows blessings: Thy power averts evil. I — Anonymous

Money confers the power to command the labor of others. Love of money is love of power. And love of power is the root of evil. — Edward Abbey

There is power within great sacrifice, within noble deeds. There are moments ... brief, shining moments when the impossible becomes possible. — Kelly Keaton

True repentence is to depart from evil. A return to God, seeking his grace for power to obey him. — Lailah Gifty Akita

One of the tremendous evils of the world, is the monstrous accumulation of power in a few hands. — William Ellery Channing

The power of evil men lives on the cowardice of the good. — John Bosco

The boundary between good and evil are clearer for more common folks but gets blurred more and more as people get more power over their fellows. — Bangambiki Habyarimana

Free will is the power of choosing good and evil. — Origen

If I were to give liberty to the press, my power could not last three days. — Napoleon Bonaparte

When one with honeyed words but evil mind
Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state. — Euripides

He wanted what evil men always want: to have power and use that power to make mischief. — Stephen King

There is no evil, Makin," I said. "There's the love of things, power, comfort, sex, and there's what men are willing to do to satisfy those lusts. — Mark Lawrence

Knowledge is power. Power to do evil ... or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil. — Veronica Roth

Teach us to pray that we may cause The enemy to flee, That we his evil power may bind, His prisoners to free. — Watchman Nee

You don't need luck. You are powerful, clever, and fearless. — Shannon Hale

Evil can be a teacher, if you look at the wisdom of its negative power. — Tom Brown Jr.

It is a power stronger than will. Could a stone escape from the laws of gravity? Impossible. Impossible, for evil to form an alliance with good. — Comte De Lautreamont

To be evil at all, Satan needs good things he can abuse, things like intelligence, power and will. Those good things come from God. — J. Budziszewski

Evil has only the power we give it. — Ray Bradbury

Evil is impotent and has no power but that which we let it extort from us. — John Galt

Never underestimate the power of good but never ignore evil lurking in the hearts of men.
Rose of Life — Sonia Rumzi

It is a hard but good law of fate, that as every evil, so every excessive power, wears itself out. — Johann Gottfried Herder

Temptation gains power by persistent solicitations that beget thoughts that make evil less serious — John Owen

It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak. — Eric Hoffer

You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother's milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes. — George Bernard Shaw

Power is not happiness. — William Godwin

Soviet power is a new type of state in which there is no bureacracy, no police, no standing army. — Vladimir Lenin

You give way to an enemy this evil with this much power and you condemn the galaxy to an eternity of submission. — Alexander Freed

A scoundrel is an evil heliotrope turning always in the direction of the most powerful. — Umberto Eco

Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Approach the universe with Tao, And evil will have no power. Not that evil is not powerful, But its power will not be used to harm others. — Laozi

Nearly all the evils in the Church have arisen from bishops desiring power more than light. They want authority, not outlook. — John Ruskin

Good is too often allied with vulnerability and evil with power. — James Tiptree Jr.

I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power. — Patricia Cornwell

Power is neither good or evil, it just depends on how you choose to use it.-Rock, cats of the clans — Erin Hunter

The Revolution was a lesson in the power of evil to replace idealism, and Bonaparte was its ideal pupil. — Paul Johnson

Power always brings with it responsibility. — Theodore Roosevelt