"When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy."

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"There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands."

Orison Swett Marden, American Writer

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"A stone thrown up into the air is bound to fall down, and absolute power is like a huge stone thrown up into the air."

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"People might say I'm difficult, but did you ever hear anyone describe a label as 'difficult'? By nature, artists should challenge. When they call you difficult, it is a reflection of the imbalance of power."

Michelle Shocked, American Musician

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"Power is the most persuasive rhetoric."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

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"The power to investigate is a great public trust."

Emanuel Celler, American Politician

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"He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

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"Strength and success - they are above morality, above criticism. It seems, then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it. Is there a check in men, deep in them, that stops or punishes? There doesn't seem to be. The only punishment is for failure. In effect no crime is committed unless a criminal is caught."

John Steinbeck, American Author

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"It is easy, out of laziness, out of weakness, to throw oneself into the lap of deity, saying, 'I couldn't help it; the way was set.' But think of the glory of the choice!"

John Steinbeck, American Author

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"The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power - he's free again."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

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"Society is the union of men and not the men themselves."

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"Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us."

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"There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice."

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"The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles."

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"You have to study a great deal to know a little."

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"There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked."

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"Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature."

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"Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations."

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"But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go."

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"When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner."

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