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Because power corrupts, societys demands for moral authority and c

Because power corrupts, societys demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. – John Adams

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All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation. – John Adams

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Nature
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There are only two creatures of value on the face of the earth: those with the commitment, and those who require the commitment of others. – John Adams

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Commitment
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Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power. – John Adams

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Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants. – Barack Obama

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power

Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them. – William Cobbett

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power

He who pays the piper calls the tune. – Proverb

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power

Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you. – E. Stanley Jones

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Ive found myself at one in the morning just sitting at my desk spending an hour returning emails from the day until like two in the morning. Its ridiculous, I should be sleeping, or dreaming, or reading a novel. – Brit Marling

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What gives me the most hope every day is Gods grace knowing that his grace is going to give me the strength for whatever I face, knowing that nothing is a surprise to God. – Rick Warren

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Losing is the great American sin. – Jerome Holtzman

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