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Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim wh

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people. – John Quincy Adams

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Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery. – Bertrand Russell

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Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power. – Charles Simmons

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The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white worlds definitions. – James A. Baldwin

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All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice. – Theodore Bikel

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