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Yearly elections teach officials humility, patience and moderation, without which power makes men predators

Drawn from what John Adams said

Subjectshumilitypatience
What these subjects mean

humility Knowing what you do not know: whether it makes you learn and decide better, or costs you the self-belief that gets things done.

patience Waiting for results: whether patience compounds into the thing that wins, or impatience is how work gets done fast.

What John Adams actually said

  1. John Adams Second US President (1735 to 1826)
    This will teach them the great political virtues of humility, patience, and moderation, without which every man in power becomes a ravenous beast of prey.

    Where this was said

    ↗Thoughts on Government (1776)en.wikisource.org

    c. 1776

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