Quote by Alexander Hamilton
In the main it will be found that a power over a mans support (sal

In the main it will be found that a power over a mans support (salary) is a power over his will. – Alexander Hamilton

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Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike. – Alexander Hamilton

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Constitutions should consist only of general provisions the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things. – Alexander Hamilton

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Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time. – Richard Dawkins

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In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention. – Simone Weil

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power

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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Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound. – Peace Pilgrim

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