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  • The confidence in the unlimited power of science is only too often based on a false belief that the scientific method consists in the application of a ready-made technique, or in imitating the form rather than the substance of scientific procedure, as if one needed only to follow some cooking recipes to solve all social problems. It sometimes almost seems as if the techniques of science were more easily learnt than the thinking that shows us what the problems are and how to approach them.

    Friedrich August von Hayek's Prize Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1974.
  • Unlimited power corrupts the possessor; and this I know, that, where law ends, there tyranny begins.

  • I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

    People   Wish   Might  
  • Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

  • By giving the government unlimited powers, the most arbitrary rule can be made legal; and in this way a democracy may set up the most complete despotism imaginable.

  • Trees have from time immemorial been closely associated with magic. These stout members of the vegetable kingdom may stand for as long as a thousand years, and tower far above our mortal heads. As such they are symbols and keepers of unlimited power, longevity, and timelessness. An untouched forest, studded with trees of all ages, sizes and types, is more than a mysterious, magical place - it is one of the energy reservoirs of nature. Within its boundaries stand ancient and new sentinels, guardians of the universal force which has manifested on the the Earth. . . .

    Vegetables   Years   Long  
  • For the sake of my children and grandchildren, I hope that the human talent for self-destruction can be successfully controlled, or at least channelled into productive forms, but I doubt it. I think we are moving into extremely volatile and dangerous times, as modern electronic technologies give mankind almost unlimited powers to play with its own psychopathology as a game.

    "JG Ballard: Theatre of Cruelty". Interview with Jean-Paul Coillard, 1998.
  • The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.

    John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton (2016). “The History of Freedom (and other Essays)”, p.36, Jazzybee Verlag
  • I have both held and beheld unlimited power and of it I know but one thing. It drives men mad.' - Alexander the Great

    Men   Mad   Unlimited  
    Matthew Reilly (2009). “Seven Ancient Wonders”, p.3, Pan Macmillan
  • All men would be tyrants if they could.

    Men   Tyrants   Would Be  
    The History of the Kentish Petition addenda, l. 11 (1712 - 1713) See Abigail Adams 1
  • Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.

    Law   Mind   Lord  
    William Pitt (1839). “Correspondence of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. Edited by William Stanhope Taylor and John Henry Pringle ...”, p.387
  • Unlimited power is worse for the average person than unlimited alcohol; and the resulting intoxication is more damaging for others. Very few have not deteriorated when given absolute dominion. It is worse for the governor than for the governed.

    Power   Average   Alcohol  
  • How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I'm committed to?

    Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.34, Simon and Schuster
  • The predominant teachings of this age are that there are no limits to man's capacity to govern others and that, therefore, no limitations ought to be imposed upon government. The older faith, born of long ages of suffering under man's dominion over man, was that the exercise of unlimited power by men with limited minds and self-regarding prejudices is soon oppressive, reactionary, and corrupt. The older faith taught that the very condition of progress was the limitation of power to the capacity and the virtue of rulers.

    Teaching   Exercise   Men  
  • I believe in the unlimited power of women in the context of science and engineering.

  • There is no such thing as failure, there's just giving up too soon.

  • I'm sure that there must have been times when you have read books or watched films and found yourself secretly wishing for the villain to win. Why? Isn't that against the rules by which our society lives? Why should you feel this way? It's simple, really; the villain is the true hero of these tales, not the well-intentioned moron who somehow foils their diabolical scheme. The villain get's all the best lines, has the best costumes, has unlimited power and wealth- why on earth would anyone not want to be the villain?

    Book   Hero   Winning  
  • If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results.

    FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Dec 28, 2016
  • We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.

    Twitter post from Dec 16, 2015
  • It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.

    Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.87, Simon and Schuster
  • A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.

    Twitter post from Mar 02, 2016
  • One of the keys to harnessing this potentially unlimited power of the mind is to expand your level of self-awareness.

    Keys   Self   Mind  
  • It cannot be denied that for a society which has to create scarcity to save its members from starvation, to whom abundance spells disaster, and to whom unlimited energy means unlimited power for war and destruction, there is an ominous cloud in the distance though at present it be no bigger than a man's hand.

    War   Distance   Mean  
    Arthur Eddington (2012). “New Pathways in Science: Messenger Lectures (1934)”, p.163, Cambridge University Press
  • An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.

    Law   Taxation   Limits  
  • Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

    FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from May 12, 2017
  • The chief evil is unlimited government, and nobody is qualified to wield unlimited power.

    "The Constitution of Liberty". Book by Friedrich Hayek, Postscript: Why I Am Not a Conservative, 1960.
  • It is not because a part of the government is elective, that makes it less a despotism, if the persons so elected, possess afterwards, as a parliament, unlimited powers. Election, in this case, becomes separated from representation, and the candidates are candidates for despotism.

    Thomas Paine (1824). “The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: Secretary to the Committee of Foreign Affairs in the American Revolution : to which is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Author's Life”, p.186
  • Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.

    David Mitchell (2012). “Cloud Atlas (Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition): A Novel”, p.185, Random House Group
  • Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want.

  • I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power. I am naturally very jealous for the rights and liberties of my country, and the least encroachment of those invaluable privileges is apt to make my blood boil.

    Benjamin Franklin, Walter Isaacson (2003). “A Benjamin Franklin Reader”, p.13, Simon and Schuster
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