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The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind. – John Stuart Mill

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Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the others. – Deborah Tannen

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Men have defined the parameters of every subject. All feminist arguments, however radical in intent or consequence, are with or against assertions or premises implicit in the male system, which is made credible or authentic by the power of men to name. – Andrea Dworkin

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Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what youve done. – Robert Downey, Jr.

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