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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. - L

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. – Lord Acton

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Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin. – Lord Acton

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Nature
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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that. – Lord Acton

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History
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There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye. – Lord Acton

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smile
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Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics. – Wendell Phillips

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I think that what Im doing is right. And election-year politics, which intensifies everything, is not going to drive me off that course. – Eric Holder

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War is the ultimate tool of politics. – R. Buckminster Fuller

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In politics, an organized minority is a political majority. – Jesse Jackson

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Honest differences of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy making among free men. – Herbert Hoover

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Cleverness is not wisdom. – Euripides

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Everyone must choose one of two pains: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret. – Jim Rohn

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For me, it is just the total experience – from the time I first started as an assistant coach until I wound up at the University of Texas for 20 years. – Darrell Royal

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