Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
Abigail Adams
I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave... →
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help.
Alvin Adams
Some of these actresses or public personas who are very public about their disciplined diets, more power to them. I just don't see the point.... →
Amy Adams
In this context the British and Irish governments will have to promote a new, imaginative and dynamic alternative in which both governments will... →
Gerry Adams
Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world.
Henry Adams
A friend in power is a friend lost.
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies.
Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.