“If it be admitted that a man, possessing absolute power, may misuse that power by wronging his adversaries, why should a majority not be liable to the same reproach? Men are not apt to change their character by agglomeration; nor does their patience in the presence of obstacles increase with the consciousness of their strength. And for these reasons I can never willingly invest any number of my fellow creatures with that unlimited authority which I should refuse to any one of them.” IfsMenShouldMayDoeI CanReasonCharacterNumbersConsciousnessCreaturesAuthorityIncreaseAbsolutesFellowsMajorityRefuseObstaclesUnlimitedAdversariesPossessingLiableReproachMisuseAbsolute Power Book:American Institutions and Their Influence Source: American Institutions and Their Influence
“My father is a man of impeccable character who has worked tirelessly for the United Nations for many years. His integrity is beyond reproach.” MenYearsCharacterFatherNationsUnitedIntegrityUnited NationsReproachImpeccable Author:Kojo Annan
“Women speak at an earlier age, more easily, and more agreeably than men; they are accused also of speaking more; this is as it should be, and I willingly change the reproach into a eulogy.” MenShouldAgeSpeakAccusedReproachEulogy Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“As the faculty of writing has chiefly been a masculine endowment, the reproach of making the world miserable has always been thrown upon the women.” MenWorldWritingMen And WomenMiserableThrownFacultyMasculineReproachEndowment Author:Samuel Johnson