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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. – George Washington

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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. – George Washington

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Peace
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George Washington
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The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. – George Washington

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Government
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Power is the most persuasive rhetoric. – Friedrich Schiller

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power

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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power

The power of the harasser, the abuser, the rapist depends above all on the silence of women. – Ursula K. Le Guin

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power

The only power you have is the word no. – Frances McDormand

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power

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Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. – Victor Hugo

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Were so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget that the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what its all about. – Joseph Campbell

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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you dont believe? – Quentin Crisp

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