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Power Quotes by John Adams
- Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.
- There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger…
- Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
- Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.
- Power must never be trusted without a check.
- The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is, to give them the power at all times to defend…
- The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking,…
- Admire and adore the Author of the telescopic universe, love and esteem the work, do all in your power to lessen ill, and increase good,…
- We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break…
- Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.
- The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government is to secure the existence of the body politic; to protect it, and to furnish…
- Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service when…
- It is weakness rather than wickedness which renders men unfit to be trusted with unlimited power
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- What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. — Aristotle
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- The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo