"A man's wife has more power over..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man's wife has more power over him than the state has.
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“There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and that's a wife who can't cook and will.”
“You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.”
“"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."”
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“Every ambitious would-be empire, clarions it abroad that she is conquering the world to bring it peace, security and freedom, and it is sacrificing her sons only for the most noble and humanitarian purposes. That is a lie; and it is an ancient lie, yet generations still rise and believe it.”
“What wouldst thou do, old man?Think'st thou that duty shall have dread to speakWhen power to flattery bows?”
“Members of legislative bodies are selected by political parties, largely financed or otherwise influenced by private capitalists who, for all practical purposes, separate the electorate from the legislature. The consequence is that the representatives of the people do not in fact sufficiently protect the interests of the underprivileged sections of the population.”