And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that. All power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.more Lord Acton quotes |
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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.more Douglas Adams quotes |
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I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.more Aesop quotes |
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The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.more Aesop quotes |
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Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing.more Aesop quotes |
While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.more Aesop quotes |
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.more Aesop quotes |
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A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.more Aesop quotes |
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The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human creature that walks.more Thomas Bailey Aldrich quotes |
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Mankind is at its best when it is most free. This will be clear if we grasp the principle of liberty. We must recall that the basic principle is freedom of choice, which saying many have on their lips but few in their minds.more Dante Alighieri quotes |
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Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.more Saint Thomas Aquinas quotes |
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What is common to many is least taken care of, for all men have greater regard for what is their own than what they possess in common with others.more Aristotle quotes |
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