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First Principles: A Fondness For Power Is Implanted, In Most Men, and It is Natural To Abuse It, When Acquired

“A fondness for power is implanted, in most men, and it is natural to abuse it, when acquired.” – Alexander Hamilton (1775)

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First Principles: A Fondness For Power Is Implanted, In Most Men, and It Is Natural To Abuse It, When Acquired

“A fondness for power is implanted, in most men, and it is natural to abuse it, when acquired.” – Alexander Hamilton (1775)

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Thought For the Day: Kindness Is In Our Power Even When Fondness Is Not

“Kindness is in our power even when fondness is not.” – Henry James

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First Principles: A Fondness For Power Is Implanted, In Most Men, and It Is Natural To Abuse It When Acquired

“A fondness for power is implanted, in most men, and it is natural to abuse it, when acquired.” – Alexander Hamilton (1775)      

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First Principles: A Fondness For Power Is Implanted, In Most Men, and It Is Natural To Abuse It

“A fondness for power is implanted, in most men, and it is natural to abuse it, when acquired.” – Alexander Hamilton (The Farmer Refuted, 1775) Read the full originating source here: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0057    

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Nostalgia For Guantanamo

Next on the series of challenges for Na/GloPoWriMo Day 11 is to write a poem pertinent to places of origin.  It seems to me that regardless of place of birth or my history of Hawai’i and California, the place that … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Kindness Is In Our Power Even When Fondness Is Not

“Kindness is in our power even when fondness is not.” –  Henry James      

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First Principles: Love of Power Is Natural and Often Abused

“A fondness for power is implanted, in most men, and it is natural to abuse it, when acquired.” – Alexander Hamilton (1775)      

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First Principles: Love of Power Is Natural and Often Abused

“A fondness for power is implanted, in most men, and it is natural to abuse it, when acquired.” – Alexander Hamilton (1775) I hasten to add that therein is the reason we have so carefully guarded against this human proclivity … Continue reading

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