"Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken."
― Abigail Adams
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Power
― Abigail Adams
More From Abigail Adams
- "Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could."
- "If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women."
- "I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, ‘Give, give.’"
More In Power
- "What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that’s how I approached the part."― Christopher Reeve
- "I just owe almost everything to my father and it’s passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election."― Margaret Thatcher
- "You know, we’re taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected."― Robert Caro