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Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitt

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. – Anne Bradstreet

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If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. – Anne Bradstreet

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Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. – Anne Bradstreet

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Instead of starting a new nuclear arms race, now is the time to reclaim our Nations position of leadership on nuclear nonproliferation efforts. – Dianne Feinstein

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Yes, America must do the right thing, but to provide moral leadership, America must do it in the right way, too. – David Cameron

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I am proud of the Presidents leadership. I am proud to support him in saying: Yes, we are going to do what is necessary now when it is less painful and less expensive. – Kay Bailey Hutchison

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Leadership does not depend on being right. – Ivan Illich

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There is part of us that stands in quiet witness to what we do, taking notes, waiting for a solitary moment to bring up the subject. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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As knowledge increases, wonder deepens. – Charles Morgan

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The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling. – Lucretius

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Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they furnish us and they must be preserved free of corruption from an early age. – Paul Klee

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