„For my part, I assure you, I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.“

— Alexander the Great

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„I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss“
— Maya Angelou
„The Sovereign is absolute; for there is no other Authority but that which centers in his single Person, that can act with a Vigour proportionate to the Extent of such a vast Dominion.The Extent of the Dominion requires an absolute Power to be vested in that Person who rules over it. It is expedient so to be, that the quick Dispatch of Affairs, sent from distant Parts, might make ample Amends for the Delay occasioned by the great Distance of the Places.Every other Form of Government whatsoever would not only have been prejudicial to Russia, but would even have proved its entire Ruin.“
— Catherine the Great