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Without his rod revers'd,
And backward mutters of dissevering power.
Without his rod revers'd,
And backward mutters of dissevering power.
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world - or read more
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world - or to make it the last.
Power is neither male nor female.
Power is neither male nor female.
This administration has broken faith with the people of America.
They have squandered the immense good will extended by other
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This administration has broken faith with the people of America.
They have squandered the immense good will extended by other
nations.
Though the power be wanting, yet the wish is praiseworthy.
[Lat., Ut desint vires tamen est laudanda voluntas.]
Though the power be wanting, yet the wish is praiseworthy.
[Lat., Ut desint vires tamen est laudanda voluntas.]
The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.
The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.
We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we read more
We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his read more
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.