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CNN is one of the participants in the war. I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected president but refuses because he doesn’t want to give up power.

Arthur C. Clarke (1917 – )

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

Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865)

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 – 1968), Strength to Love, 1963

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

Harry Shearer