William Shakespeare Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power."

by:	William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Playwright
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Categories:	Compassion, Honor, Integrity, Power, Tyranny
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i think that is a great quote. very insightful indeed. -- healthnut15, wake county 1
-- Mike, Norwalk
The powerful are seldom remorseful. -- Joe, Rochester, MI
WS for wisdom and vocabulary-disjoin is such a great verb. -- EGL, LA 1
Indeed. -- E Archer, NYC 1
The most certain measure of the greatness of any who are truly great is their unwillingness to pursue the acquisition of power as an objective in itself. They, alone, are constitutionally capable of possessing and exercising power in a principled, constrained and continent manner. -- Patrick Henry, Red Hill 2
-- robert, Somewhere in the US
Power tends to abuse. Greatness is a mantel readily donned and rarely earned. -- Jesse porter, mitchell
-- Mary, MI