Quote by John Adams
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 it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak. – John Adams

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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 is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. – George Orwell

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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth. – Samuel Johnson

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In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme. – Aristotle

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