Power Quotes

Who has it, who wants it, and what happens when it's wielded wisely or poorly.

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"Science is humanity's most powerful tool for understanding reality."
Max Delbrück
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"A single mutation can reshape the course of an organism's entire existence."
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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"To understand genetics is to possess the key to understanding life's past and future."
Thomas Hunt Morgan
"The power of science lies in its humility before the unknown."
Rita Levi-Montalcini
"Power used in service of understanding is power at its highest expression."
Rita Levi-Montalcini
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"In molecular work, the precision required mirrors the precision of nature itself."
Alfred Hershey
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"The power of science lies not in controlling nature but in understanding it."
Alfred Hershey
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"Power corrupts most thoroughly when wielded without principle."
Hermann Muller
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"Power without accountability inevitably becomes tyranny in subtle disguise."
Hermann Muller
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"The greatest power a scientist possesses is the power to remain uncertain."
Oswald Avery
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"Evolution is the most powerful force in the biological world."
Hermann Muller
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"Power lies in knowledge of natural law"
Hugo de Vries
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"Power without knowledge is merely force"
Hugo de Vries
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"Power without wisdom leads to destruction."
Alfred Russel Wallace
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"Power is best used to uplift others."
Alfred Russel Wallace
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"Power should be exercised with wisdom."
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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"Power without wisdom is destructive."
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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"The power of human reason is our greatest asset."
Alfred Russel Wallace
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"Power without wisdom leads to tyranny and ruin."
Alfred Russel Wallace
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"Effort and will shape the destiny of species."
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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"Willpower can overcome natural limitations."
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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"The power of classification lies in revealing nature's hidden order."
Richard Owen
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"The power of science lies in its ability to reveal hidden harmonies."
Richard Owen
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"To name a thing is to possess it."
Carolus Linnaeus
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"The evidence of extinction teaches us that no power, no matter how great, is eternal."
Georges Cuvier
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"In heredity, we find that we are both the result of the past and the architects of the future."
Hugo de Vries
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"The laws governing heredity operate in silence, but their effects reshape the world."
Hugo de Vries
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"The gift of naming is the gift of power."
Carolus Linnaeus
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"The power of variation is the power to transcend limitation."
Hugo de Vries
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"The power of knowledge surpasses all earthly power."
Carolus Linnaeus