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Power Quotes by Noah Webster
- The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe, which serve to support tyrannical governments, are not the Christian religion, but abuses and corruptions of it. The religion of…
- The American states have gone far in assisting the progress of truth; but they have stopped short of perfection. They ought to have given every…
- Tyranny is the exercise of some power over a man, which is not warranted by law, or necessary for the public safety. A people can…
- Power is always right, weakness always wrong. Power is always insolent and despotic.
- Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America…
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