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Thucydides quotes about powerful

Greek Historian

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You may be sure that we are as well aware as you of the difficulty of contending against your power and fortune, unless the terms be equal. But we trust that the gods may grant us fortune as good as yours, since we are just men fighting against unjust, and that what we want in power will be made up by the alliance of the Lacedaemonians, who are bound, if only for very shame, to come to the aid of their kindred. Our confidence, therefore, after all is not so utterly irrational. Thucydides
If it had not been for the pernicious power of envy, men would not so have exalted vengeance above innocence and profit above justice... in these acts of revenge on others, men take it upon themselves to begin the process of repealing those general laws of humanity which are there to give a hope of salvation to all who are in distress. Thucydides
Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must. Thucydides
When one is deprived of ones liberty, one is right in blaming not so much the man who puts the shackles on as the one who had the power to prevent him, but did not use it. Thucydides
Thucydides quote: "Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men the most."
Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men the most. Thucydides
...when these matters are discussed by practical people, the standard of justice depends on the equality of power to compel... Thucydides

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