Because power corrupts, society's demand

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	"Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases." - -- John adams

Subject: American Presidential Quotes

Top 5 quotes from John adams

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
"All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation."
"Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide."
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy."

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