The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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Power changes everything till it is difficult to say who are the heroes and who the villains. ~Libba Bray
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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His rod reversed, and backward mutters of dissevering power. ~John Milton
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Once again, President Clinton is using American troops to deflect attention from his record of lies, distortions, obstructions of justice and abuse of power. ~Ron Paul
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Time gives good advice. ~Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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Never underestimate the power of wide-grip pull-ups to develop width and size. ~Ronnie Coleman
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If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power. ~Billy Sunday
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Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses. ~Charles Evans Hughes
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The aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and their constables. The political concept of the individual's freedom means: freedom from arbitrary action on the part of the police power. ~Ludwig von Mises
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The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. ~Ned Rorem
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty; it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it. ~George Eliot
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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