"An avidity to punish is always dangerous to……" — Thomas Paine

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• Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best. — Edward Abbey
• It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody. — Abdallah II
• It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race and,… — Margot Asquith
• Losers walking around with money in their pockets are always dangerous, not to be trusted. Some horse always reaches out… — Bill Barich
• I think life is always dangerous. Some people get afraid of it. Some people don't go forward. But some people,… — Malala Yousafzai
• Prayers born out of murmuring are always dangerous. When, therefore, we are in a discontented mood, let'us take care what… — William Mackergo Taylor
• Success is always dangerous. It can make an asshole out of anybody. — Charles Bukowski
• Thinking is always dangerous to the status quo. [...] The moment you start thinking, you'll want to change something. — Margaret J. Wheatley
• At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities, that have… — Lord Acton
• It's almost always dangerous to be right too soon. — David Gerrold
• Appearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to have no faults or… — Robert Greene
• I think it's always dangerous to make political arguments in a religiously ideological way. And it's very dangerous to treat… — Adam Michnik

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