"Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air."
-John Quincy Adams
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"Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.“
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"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
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"Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it."
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"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost."
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"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."
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"The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity."
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"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."
-Jimi Hendrix
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"The strategic adversary is fascism... the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behavior, the fascism that causes us to love power, to desire the very thing that dominates and exploits us."
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"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment."
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"Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes."
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"Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power."
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"It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power."
-David Brin
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