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Fear is the foundation of most governments. - John Adams

Fear is the foundation of most governments. – John Adams

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I request that they may be considered in confidence, until the members of Congress are fully possessed of their contents, and shall have had opportunity to deliberate on the consequences of their publication; after which time, I submit them to your wisdom. – John Adams

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Yesterday the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States. – John Adams

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A man afraid of death will never play the part of a live man. – Seneca, “On Tranquility of Mind,” translated by Moses Hadas

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If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement. – Jimmy Carter

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We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed. – Jean de la Bruyere

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I play with a fear of letting people down. Thats what motivates me. – Jonny Wilkinson

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Im as famous as I want to be. – Tracey Ullman

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Never waste any amount of time doing anything important when there is a sunset outside that you should be sitting under! – C.JoyBellC.

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One is that you have to take time, lots of time, to let an idea grow from within. The second is that when you sign on to something, there will be issues of trust, deep trust, the way the members of a string quartet have to trust one another. – Yo-Yo Ma

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What, then, is the true Gospel of consistency? Change. Who is the really consistent man? The man who changes. Since change is the law of his being, he cannot be consistent if he stick in a rut. – Mark Twain

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