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

Other quotes by William Cobbett

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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Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power. – Benito Mussolini

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power

The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. – James Madison

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power

In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe its simply because I wasnt that committed to geometry. – Twyla Tharp

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power

The party in power, like Jonahs gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall. – Davy Crockett

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We have created an industrial order geared to automatism, where feeble-mindedness, native or acquired, is necessary for docile productivity in the factory; and where a pervasive neurosis is the final gift of the meaningless life that issues forth at the other end. – Lewis Mumford

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Integrity reveals beauty. – Thomas Leonard

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Hopefully people can see my music is tethered to my brain. – John Mayer

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