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The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed. – Thomas Jefferson

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Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. – Thomas Jefferson

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Freedom
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Thomas Jefferson
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A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. – Thomas Jefferson

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Citizenship
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Thomas Jefferson
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In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes. – John Kenneth Galbraith

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power

If the Holy Spirit can take over the subconscious with our consent and cooperation, then we have almighty Power working at the basis of our lives, then we can do anything we ought to do, go anywhere we ought to go, and be anything we ought to be. – E. Stanley Jones

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power

Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty. – Simone Weil

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power

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power. – Bertrand Russell

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power

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Power is paradoxical. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Ive learned its always better to have a small percentage of a big success, than a hundred percent of nothing. – Art Linkletter

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Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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In every man’s heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty. – Christopher Morley

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