Quote by Abigail Adams
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, ver

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. – Abigail Adams

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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. – Abigail Adams

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Biology always beats will power. – Mehmet Oz

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Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be. – Alice Walker

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Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart. – Ed Koch

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Men have defined the parameters of every subject. All feminist arguments, however radical in intent or consequence, are with or against assertions or premises implicit in the male system, which is made credible or authentic by the power of men to name. – Andrea Dworkin

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