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"The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals - its philosophers, its poets and its artists."

Herbert Read on Power

More quotes about Power

  • "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

    Abraham Lincoln on Power

  • "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."

    Margaret Thatcher on Power

  • "Knowledge will give you power, but character respect."

    Bruce Lee on Power

  • "All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth."

    Friedrich Nietzsche on Power

  • "Character is power."

    Booker T. Washington on Power

More quotes by Herbert Read

  • "The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair."

  • "To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism."

  • "Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper apprehension of the significance and scope of human existence."

  • "To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism."

  • "The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough."

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