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Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will gener

Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done. – James Madison

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Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power. – James Madison

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It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad. – James Madison

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All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. – Thomas Paine

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The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself. – Winston Churchill

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I think a responsibility comes with notoriety, but I never think of it as power. Its more like something you hold, like grains of sand. If you keep your hand closed, you can have it and possess it, but if you open your fingers in any way, you can lose it just as quickly. – Diana Ross

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Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power. – J. G. Holland

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We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time. – Aristotle

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I havent strength of mind not to need a career. – Ruth Benedict

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When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living. – James Baldwin

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