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"Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time."

Richard Dawkins 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 Richard Dawkins

  • "Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence."

  • "I was confirmed at my prep school at the age of 13."

  • "When I say that human beings are just gene machines, one shouldn't put too much emphasis on the word 'just.' There is a very great deal of complication, and indeed beauty in being a gene machine."

  • "Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is explained by a designer but that's because the designer himself, the engineer, is explained by natural selection."

  • "Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility."

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