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“Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.”

Abigail Adams · Power

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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, 'Give, give.'

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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.

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