Power is tested not by what we can do to others, but by what... - Alexandre Herculano

This quote is attributed to Alexandre Herculano.

"Power is tested not by what we can do to others, but by what we forbear to do."

Alexandre Herculano Power

Novelist Poet Portuguese 1810–1877

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