Quote by John Adams
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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If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve? – John Adams

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While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill – little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago. – John Adams

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A mans true state of power and riches is to be in himself. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron – namely, that he is a blockhead. – Ambrose Bierce

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Power gravitates to the man who knows how. – Orison Swett Marden

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The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world I am like a snowball – the further I am rolled the more I gain. – Susan B. Anthony

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