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Quote Left The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract. Quote Right
Quote Left The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool. Quote Right
Quote Left What is good? All that enhances the feeling of power, the Will to Power, and the power itself in man. What is bad? All that proceeds from weakness. What is happiness? The feeling that power is increasing--that resistance has been overcome. Not contentment, but more power; not peace at any price, but war; not virtue, but competence. The first principle of our humanism: The weak and the failures shall perish. They ought even to be helped to perish. Quote Right
Quote Left The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool Quote Right
Quote Left The first principle is that you must not fool yourself -- and you are the easiest person to fool. Quote Right
Quote Left The first principle of achievement is mental attitude. People begin to achieve when they begin to believe. Quote Right
Quote Left The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead. Quote Right
Quote Left First principle: one must need strength, otherwise one will never have it. Quote Right

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