To have power means not to have to give in, and to force the environment or the other person to do so. Power in this narrow sense is the priority of output over intake, the ability to talk instead of listen. In a sense, it is the ability to afford not to learn.

Karl Deutsch

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Topic

Nature of power Power

Author

Karl Deutsch

Source

The Nerves of Government

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1966 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Academic

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Czech Republic Europe

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Citation

Deutsch, Karl. The Nerves of Government: Models of Political Communication and Control. Free Press, 1963, ch. 7.

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An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.

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Source
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
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Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
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1964 1960s 20th century
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Power may justly be compared to a great River, while kept within its due Bonds, is both Beautiful and Useful; but when it overflows its Banks, it is then too impetuous to be stemm'd, it bears down all before it, and brings Destruction and Desolation wherever it comes. If then this is the Nature of Power, let us at least do our Duty, and like wise Men (who value Freedom) use our utmost Care to support Liberty, the only Bulwark against lawless Power, which in all Ages has sacrificed to it's wild Lust and boundless Ambition, the Blood of the best Men that ever liv'd.

Andrew Hamilton

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Andrew Hamilton
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English
Time
1735 1730s 18th century
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Citation

Hamilton, Andrew. Argument in John Peter Zenger Trial. 1735, New York's City Hall, New York, NY, USA.