Power and Responsibility


Franklin D. Roosevelt: "Power must be linked with responsibility, and obliged to defend and justify itself within the framework of the general good."

Ronald Reagan: "A President's greatest responsibility is to protect all our people from enemies, foreign and domestic."

Abraham Lincoln: "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

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