Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but tha

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. – George Bernard Shaw

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Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers. – William Wordsworth

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Bill Clinton sitting on Air Force One getting his hair cut while people around the country cooled their heels and waited for him, became a metaphor for a populist president who had gotten drunk with the perks of his own power and was sort of, you know, not sensitive to what people wanted. – Dee Dee Myers

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Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power. – Maimonides

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The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. – James Madison

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