Quotes about Power (page 7)

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“You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.”
MisattributedNot by Al Capone. Earliest known source: Comedian Professor Irwin Corey, Variety (29 July 1953). · evidenceDetails & citePower
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“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.”
MisattributedNot by Abraham Lincoln. Earliest known source: Probably derived from Robert G. Ingersoll's tribute to Lincoln. · evidenceDetails & citePower
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