“We cannot avoid using power, cannot escape the compulsion to afflict the world, so let us, cautious in diction and mighty in contradiction, love powerfully.”
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Buber, M. (n.d.). We cannot avoid using power, cannot escape the compulsion to afflict the world, so let us, cautious in diction and mighty in contradiction, love powerfully. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/27249-we-cannot-avoid-using-power-cannot-escape-the/
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Buber, Martin. “We cannot avoid using power, cannot escape the compulsion to afflict the world, so let us, cautious in diction and mighty in contradiction, love powerfully.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/27249-we-cannot-avoid-using-power-cannot-escape-the/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Buber, Martin. “We cannot avoid using power, cannot escape the compulsion to afflict the world, so let us, cautious in diction and mighty in contradiction, love powerfully.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/27249-we-cannot-avoid-using-power-cannot-escape-the/.