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The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for

The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind – not the fiend or the sadist. – Erich Fromm

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The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. – Erich Fromm

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The kind of relatedness to the world may be noble or trivial, but even being related to the basest kind of pattern is immensely preferable to being alone. – Erich Fromm

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Power and position often make a man trifle with the truth. – George A. Smith

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Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants. – Barack Obama

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For as long as the power of Americas diversity is diminished by acts of discrimination and violence against people just because they are black, Hispanic, Asian, Jewish, Muslim or gay, we still must overcome. – Ron Kind

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It is a power stronger than will. Could a stone escape from the laws of gravity? Impossible. Impossible, for evil to form an alliance with good. – Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont

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If government were a product, selling it would be illegal. – P. J. ORourke

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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half. – Otto von Bismarck

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The total amount of undesired sex endured by women is probably greater in marriage than in prostitution. – Bertrand Russell, Marriage and Morals

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