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The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth. ↗

— Frederick Law Olmsted

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The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice. ↗

— John Rawls

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But if it not be true, the myth itself requires to be explained, and every principle of philosophy and common sense demand that the explanation be sought, not in arbitrary allegorical categories, but in the actual facts of ritual or religious custom to which the myth attaches. ↗

— William Robertson Smith

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Art is subject to arbitrary fashion. ↗

— Kary Mullis

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To me, length is an artificial and arbitrary factor in a film. ↗

— Frank Darabont

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