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The phrase “Power doesn’t corrupt, it reveals” is widely attributed in contemporary reporting and quote collections to biographer Robert A. Caro, who expressed the idea in interviews and his writings:...
Winston Churchill is widely credited with quips like “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it,” a line that appears in many quotation collections and sites attributing it to him . Scholars...
The widely cited line “Power doesn’t corrupt; it reveals” is commonly attributed to contemporary biographer Robert Caro in secondary quote collections, but primary-source confirmation is not present i...
George Carlin’s most widely quoted lines come disproportionately from a handful of stand‑up specials and broadcasts—most notably his early countercultural routines (including the “Seven Words” materia...
There is no mention in the provided sources of John F. Kennedy saying anything about “inhabiting Omar” or a quote worded that way; the JFK Library’s searchable quotations and the Library’s fact-checki...
Maryanne Trump Barry’s most widely reported direct quotations about Donald Trump come from secret audio recordings her niece published; they include calls that he “has no principles,” is “cruel,” is a...
Mother Teresa repeatedly framed poverty as more than lack of food or shelter, calling loneliness, being unwanted and unloved “the most terrible poverty” and “the greatest poverty” . Multiple compendiu...
Most modern attributions of the line “The problem/the trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money” credit Margaret Thatcher; multiple reference and quotation sites an...
Winston Churchill repeatedly argued that the essential features of human nature remain largely unchanged across ages, a position that has been read by some as implying human flaws are persistent if no...
A short list of Malcolm X’s most famous, frequently reprinted lines captures his evolution from Nation of Islam minister to global human-rights advocate; these include aphorisms about conviction (“A m...
Eric Liddell is widely associated with the line “God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure,” a phrase that appears across many popular quotation sites and anthologies , but reporting traci...
The line "God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure" is widely attributed to Eric Liddell across quote aggregators and devotional sites , but the most explicit reporting in the provided so...
Collections of “best” philosopher quotes are abundant online; popular aggregators include BrainyQuote (a wide, searchable collection) and several curated lists like QuoteFancy’s Top 200 and themed com...
Marcus Aurelius’ most-cited lines come from his private journal, Meditations, and recur on quote compilations: “You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find stren...
Ronald Reagan is widely credited with witty one-liners about government and politics — for example, “Government is like a baby’s alimentary canal, with a healthy appetite at one end and no responsibil...