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Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to learn the…
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Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may…
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A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.
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...great Ambition, unchecked by principle, or the love of Glory, is an unruly Tyrant...
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There may be in every government a few choice spirits, who may act from more worthy motives. One great error is that…
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Ambition without principle never was long under the guidance of good sense.
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It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the…
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Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.
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Take mankind as they are, and what are they governed by? Their passions.
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The passions of a revolution are apt to hurry even good men into excesses.
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Has it not. . . invariably been found that momentary passions, and immediate interests, have a more active and imperious control over…
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The same state of the passions which fits the multitude, who have not a sufficient stock of reason and knowledge to guide…
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Nothing can be more evident, than that an exclusive power of regulating elections for the National Government, in the hands of the…
— Alexander Hamilton
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When you work for others, you are at their mercy. They own your work; they own you. Your creative spirit is squashed.…
— Curtis Jackson
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We are more than our bodies, it is true; but we cannot be divorced from them. They are us, and the only…
— Margaret George
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Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.
— William Penn
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Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of…
— Suzanne Collins
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...the primary paradox that man is superior to all the things around him and yet is at their mercy.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Why should I not hate mine enemies―if I "love" them does that not place me at their mercy?
— Anton Szandor LaVey
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I thought of several alec smart remarks, but you should humor crazy people when you're at their mercy; it's a rule.
— Laurell K. Hamilton
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Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of…
— Suzanne Collins
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Law 13: When asking for help, appeal to people's self-interests, never to their mercy or gratitude.
— The 48 Laws Of Power
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