QUOTE A DAY - July 13, 2017

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*---- Quotes For The Day ----*
Knowledge is power.
--Sir Francis Bacon, Religious Meditations, Of Heresies, 1597

Power never takes a back step - only in the face of more power.
--Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965

One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who have only interests.
--John Stuart Mill


**--- MYSTERY QUOTE ---**
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

See at the bottom for the answer



*---- More Quotes for the Week ----*
An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.
--Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Melish, January 13, 1813

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.
--Woodrow Wilson, letter to Mary A. Hulbert, September 21, 1913

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?
--Harry Shearer


MYSTERY QUOTE AND ANSWER - DID YOU GUESS CORRECTLY?

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

ANSWER: Abraham Lincoln

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