Quote by Abigail Adams
I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and

I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, Give, give. – Abigail Adams

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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. – Abigail Adams

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Ive always felt that a persons intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic. – Abigail Adams

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Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. – Abigail Adams

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All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. – Thomas Paine

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All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory they have no power over the substance of original justice. – Edmund Burke

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When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power. – Mark Zuckerberg

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A great power has to have the discipline not only to go when necessary but to know when not to go. Getting involved in ethnic, religious civil wars is a recipe for disaster. – John Kasich

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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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Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and thats really about it. – Fran Drescher

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