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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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I Pray Heaven to Bestow The Best of Blessing on THIS HOUSE, and on All that shall hereafter Inhabit it. May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof! – John Adams

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I read my eyes out and cant read half enough. The more one reads the more one sees we have to read. – John Adams

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The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white worlds definitions. – James A. Baldwin

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Power is not alluring to pure minds. – Thomas Jefferson

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He who pays the piper calls the tune. – Proverb

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Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can. – Philip Zimbardo

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