“Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.”
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There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.
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The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.
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