Quote by William Cobbett
Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the se

Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them. – William Cobbett

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Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of speculation; but which ought to be called Gambling. – William Cobbett

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Assumptions
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Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt. – William Cobbett

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Taxation
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Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may. – William Cobbett

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respect
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Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins. – William Pitt

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power

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just. – Blaise Pascal

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power

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. – Mao Zedong

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power

Words derive their power from the original word. – Meister Eckhart

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Nature does nothing uselessly. – Aristotle

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You are wise to climb Mt. Fuji, but a fool to do it twice. – Japanese Proverb

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