Quotogeny

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Quotes about power

  1. An 'extraordinary' man has the right to decide in his own conscience to overstep certain obstacles.

    GenuineFyodor DostoevskyCrime and PunishmentPart 3, chapter 5Rodion Raskolnikov

  2. If there is no God, then I am God.

    GenuineFyodor DostoevskyDemonsPart 3, chapter 6 ("A Busy Night"), section 2Kirillov

  3. There are three powers, three powers alone, able to conquer and to hold captive for ever the conscience of these impotent rebels for their happiness: miracle, mystery and authority.

    GenuineFyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers KaramazovPart 2, Book 5, chapter 5 ("The Grand Inquisitor")The Grand Inquisitor, in Ivan's prose poem

  4. Starting from unlimited freedom, I arrive at unlimited despotism.

    GenuineFyodor DostoevskyDemonsPart 2, chapter 7 ("A Meeting"), section 2Shigalyov (Shigalov in Garnett), a gloomy theorist in Pyotr Verkhovensky's circle

Circulating, but not genuine

  1. The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.

    Not found in their worksattributed to Fyodor Dostoevsky

  2. Loving someone means giving them power to destroy you and trusting they won't.

    Not found in their worksattributed to Fyodor Dostoevsky

  3. Tolerance will reach such a level that intelligent people will be banned from thinking so as not to offend the imbeciles.

    Not found in their worksattributed to Fyodor Dostoevsky