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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. ↗

— George Washington

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The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

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Jackson went from the professor's chair to the officer's saddle. He carried with him the very elements of character which made him odious as a teacher; but I never saw him in an arbitrary mood. ↗

— Daniel H. Hill

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The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

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Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look. ↗

— Martha Beck

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