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Karl Deutsch - The nerves of government (1963)

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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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Born: July 21, 1912
Died: November 1, 1992 (aged 80)
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