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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

Other quotes by Abigail Adams

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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Intelligence
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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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Experience
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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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Learning
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Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you. – F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Never allow a person to tell you no who doesnt have the power to say yes. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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power

The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery? – W. E. B. Du Bois

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power

With power comes the abuse of power. And where there are bosses, there are crazy bosses. Its nothing new. – Judd Rose

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power

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Capitalism would have never let me be a filmmaker, living in Flint, Michigan with a high school education. I was going to have to make that happen myself. – Michael Moore

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Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred,
Then another thousand, then a second hundred,
Then still another thousand, then a hundred,
Then, when we – Catullus

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The New York art world readily proves people wrong. Just when folks say that things stink and flibbertigibbet critics wish the worst on us all because were not pure enough, good omens appear. – Jerry Saltz

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