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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I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy…. – John Adams

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Sons
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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man. – John Adams

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Desires
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The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country. – John Adams

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The term genre eventually becomes pejorative because youre referring to something thats so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started. – Christopher Nolan

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The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility. – Vaclav Havel

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Im not the same person I was. I used to act dumb. It was an act. I am 26 years old, and that act is no longer cute. It is not who I am, nor do I want to be that person for the young girls who looked up to me. I know now that I can make a difference, that I have the power to do that. – Paris Hilton

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But the cause for which we fought was higher our thought wider… That thought was our power. – Joshua Chamberlain

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I work more now because at this time of my life I am not disturbed from my aim by outside pressures such as family, passionate relationships, dealing with who am I? – those complications when one is searching for ones self. – Jeanne Moreau

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I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman. – Arnold Schwarzenegger

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What would annoy the most people most often? That is the true left-wing test of government intervention. – P. J. ORourke

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