"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

Character, Men, Power, Adversity

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"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

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"Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."

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"The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty."

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