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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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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. – Abigail Adams

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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women. – Abigail Adams

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Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn. – Miguel de Cervantes

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The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant. – John Stuart Mill

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I dont think Ive ever been an agnostic. Ive always thought theres a superior power, that this is not the real world and that theres a world to come. – Bob Dylan

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Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it. – Samuel Richardson

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