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Only it seems to me a grievous error in a ruler to quarrel with all his subjects at once.

Powerful people maneuver for position and worry endlessly about who is in and who is out, who is up and who is down, forgetting those people whose toil and sweat sends us here and pays our way.

Tyrannous exaction brings on servile concealment; and that again calls forth tyrannous coercion.

The love of protecting too often degenerates into downright tyranny.

it is nevertheless often true that one man's vulgarity is another's lyric

All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility.

A man who is morose or violent to his equals, is sure to be one who has lived among inferiors, whom he could frighten or worry into submission.

Her power often gives her what she has no right to, but does not enable her to assert her own rights.

If ever any system of privilege and enforced subjection had its yoke tightly riveted on the necks of those who are kept down by it, this has.

The world does not count races and nations that have nothing.

Every corps is a chain of despots, who, submitting and tyrannizing without exercising their reason, become dead weights of vice and folly on the community.

The being who patiently endures injustice, and silently bears insults, will soon become unjust, or unable to discern right from wrong.

It is better therefore to listen patiently to a friend's rebuke, for if he should afterwards do wrong himself and so need rebuke, he has set you the example of freedom of speech.

Anger is not only a vice, but a vice point-blank against nature, for it divides instead of joining

In judging others a man laboureth in vain; he often erreth, and easily falleth into sin; but in judging and examining himself he always laboureth to good purpose.

What right have I to be free, that another man cannot prove himself to possess by nature?

While a slave remains in his fetters, the land must have no rest.

Accordingly a function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute.

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all the time, but you can't fool all of the people all the time

Yet is it far better to light the candle than to curse the darkness.

It is the act of an ill-instructed man to blame others for his own bad condition; it is the act of one who has begun to be instructed, to lay the blame on himself; and of one whose instruction is completed, neither to blame another, nor himself.

The way certain people behave has a lot more to do with their thoughts than you. Maturity is to not engage with them when they try to provoke you. Their power lies in your response. Reject their invitation to conflict with indifference. Guard your peace. Your health is important.

There is no benefit in seeking revenge. It's like glueing yourself to a situation that reminds you of deep pain and blocks your progress towards something better. If they hurt you, leave them to karma. Don't give them room in your mind any further. Focus on healing and moving on.

True power is in ability to stay calm when someone tries to trigger you. If their actions and words don't bother you, they lose any power they want to hold over you. Stay unshakeable. Your indifference is the message they need.

I looked in your cup to see if you had enough. You looked in mine to check if I had more than you. That difference says everything. We are not the same.