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One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent. - Nap

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Medicine is a collection of uncertain prescriptions, the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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There is something about inside information which seems to paralyse a mans reasoning powers. – Bernard Baruch

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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. – Edmund Burke

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The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe. – Albert Einstein

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There is much to dislike about President Obamas approach to the financial crisis. But opposition, it seems, will have to come from somewhere other than conservatism. The party out of power is also a party out of touch. – Thomas Frank

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