{"quotes":[{"text":"The way of the world isn't the strong devouring the weak, but the weak deceiving and poisoning and whispering in the ears of the strong until they become weak, too.","author":"N.K. Jemisin","tags":["blessed-are-the-meek","meek","meekness","meekness-strength","power-politics","strength","strength-of-character"],"id":19468,"author_id":"N.K.+Jemisin"},{"text":"Once you are in power, never forget those who put you there. Deal with those who think they can do better than you and those who think you are god's representative on earth. Deal with each other according to his actions.","author":"Bangambiki Habyarimana","tags":["absolute-power","ambition","ambition-and-attitude","ambition-life-ambitions","ambition","ambition","ambitions","bangambiki","competing","competing-with-others","competition-and-attitude","competition-is-not-real-love","competition","competition-with-others","competitions","dictatorship","lies-politics","love-of-power","lust-for-power","macchiavelli","machiavellian","maintaining-power","misuse-of-power","political","political-ambition","political-ambition","political-correctness","political-philosophy","politicians","politics","power","power-addiction","power-politics","retribution","retribution","reward","reward","rewards","survival-instinct","survival-is-the-name-of-the-game","survival-of-the-fittest","survival","survival-story","survivalism","survivalist","survive","surviving-life","survivor","the-great-pearl-of-wisdom"],"id":90639,"author_id":"Bangambiki+Habyarimana"},{"text":"It's unfortunate to be bitten by political ambition. The deadly disease causes a man to want to access power by all means either by sacrificing others to its altar or by sacrificing himself when he fails.","author":"Bangambiki Habyarimana","tags":["absolute-power","altar-of-power","ambition","ambition-and-attitude","ambition-life-ambitions","ambition","ambition","ambitions","bangambiki","dictatorship","lies-politics","love-of-power","loyalty","loyalty-and-disloyalty","loyalty-and-disloyalty","loyalty","lust-for-power","macchiavelli","machiavellian","maintaining-power","misuse-of-power","political","political-ambition","political-ambition","political-correctness","political-philosophy","politicians","politics","power","power-addiction","power-politics","sacrifice","sacrifice-for-gain","sacrifice-for-others","sacrifice-in-life","sacrifice","sacrificed","sacrifices","sacrificing","survival-instinct","survival-is-the-name-of-the-game","survival-of-the-fittest","survival","survival-story","survivalism","survivalist","survive","surviving-life","survivor","the-great-pearl-of-wisdom"],"id":138288,"author_id":"Bangambiki+Habyarimana"},{"text":"If you are my food, how am I supposed to feel pity towards you? That would mean starvation for me. “A hungry leopard told a fallen, panting, imploring gazelle.","author":"Bangambiki Habyarimana","tags":["absolute-power","ambition","ambition-and-attitude","ambition-life-ambitions","ambition","ambition","ambitions","bangambiki","cannibalism","cannibalism-as-metaphor","dictatorship","food","food","hungry","hungry","lies-politics","love-of-power","lust-for-power","macchiavelli","machiavellian","maintaining-power","misuse-of-power","political","political-ambition","political-ambition","political-correctness","political-philosophy","politician","politician","politicians","politics","politics","power","power-addiction","power-politics","survival-instinct","survival-is-the-name-of-the-game","survival-of-the-fittest","survival","survival-story","survivalism","survivalist","survive","surviving-life","survivor","talking-animals","the-great-pearl-of-wisdom"],"id":245696,"author_id":"Bangambiki+Habyarimana"},{"text":"Can anyone maintain power without lying? It looks to me like living without breathing. Morality apart, I think some evils are part and parcel of nature and we cannot do without them. Sometimes evil is even necessary to run this evil nature.","author":"Bangambiki Habyarimana","tags":["absolute-power","ambition","ambition-and-attitude","ambition-life-ambitions","ambition","ambition","ambitions","bangambiki","barbarity","cruel","cruel-people","cruel-world","cruelties","cruelty","devil","devil","dictatorship","enormity","evil","evil-man","evil-men","evil-nature","evil-people","evil","evil-spirit","evil-thoughts","evil-words","evilness","evils","good","good-and-evil","good-and-evil","good-and-evil","good-deeds","good-deeds","good-vs-evil","honesty","honesty-friendship-truth","honesty-from-within","honesty-integrity","honesty-integrity-relationship","honesty-integrity-words","honesty","inhumanity","iniquitious","iniquity","integrity","integrity-of-a-salesman","integrity","liars","lies","lies-politics","love-of-power","lust-for-power","lying","lying-games","lying-psycho","lying","macchiavelli","machiavellian","maintaining-power","misuse-of-power","morality","morality","political","political-ambition","political-ambition","political-correctness","political-philosophy","politicians","politics","power","power-addiction","power-politics","sincerity","survival-instinct","survival-is-the-name-of-the-game","survival-of-the-fittest","survival","survival-story","survivalism","survivalist","survive","surviving-life","survivor","the-great-pearl-of-wisdom","wicked","wicked-intensions","wicked-people","wickedness"],"id":390463,"author_id":"Bangambiki+Habyarimana"},{"text":"I think this business of good vs. Evil is of no interest to the power hungry.","author":"Bangambiki Habyarimana","tags":["absolute-power","ambition","ambition-and-attitude","ambition-life-ambitions","ambition","ambition","ambitions","bangambiki","barbarity","cruel","cruel-people","cruel-world","cruelties","cruelty","devil","devil","dictatorship","enormity","evil","evil-man","evil-men","evil-people","evil","evil-spirit","evil-thoughts","evil-words","evilness","evils","good","good-and-evil","good-and-evil","good-and-evil","good-deeds","good-deeds","good-vs-evil","inhumanity","iniquitious","iniquity","lies-politics","love-of-power","lust-for-power","macchiavelli","machiavellian","maintaining-power","misuse-of-power","political","political-ambition","political-ambition","political-correctness","political-philosophy","politician","politician","politicians","politics","politics","power","power-addiction","power-politics","survival-instinct","survival-is-the-name-of-the-game","survival-of-the-fittest","survival","survival-story","survivalism","survivalist","survive","surviving-life","survivor","the-great-pearl-of-wisdom","wicked","wicked-intensions","wicked-people","wickedness"],"id":395444,"author_id":"Bangambiki+Habyarimana"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":6,"pages":1}}