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— Edward Gibbon"A nation of slaves is always prepared to applaud the clemency of their master who, in the abuse of absolute power, does not proceed to the last extremes of injustice and oppression."
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The threat to change Senate rules is a raw abuse of power and will destroy the very checks and balances our founding fathers put in place to prevent absolute power by any one branch of government.
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Powerlessness corrupts: absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely.
— Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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