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Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power i

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power. – John Adams

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Power always thinks… that it is doing Gods service when it is violating all his laws. – John Adams

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Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write. – John Adams

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To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking. – Agnes de Mille

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No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart. – Friedrich Schiller

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Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. – Mao Zedong

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