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The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure. ↗

— George Washington

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

— George Washington

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Whenever I played Columbus, Ohio, I dropped in to see my close friend, a medium who had mysterious powers. Her Indian guide was Mohawk. ↗

— Ethel Waters

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The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer. ↗

— Thomas J. Watson

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The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power. ↗

— Daniel Webster

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We are all agents of the same supreme power, the people. ↗

— Daniel Webster

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Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty. ↗

— Simone Weil

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In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention. ↗