I Am More Powerful Than….   

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I am more powerful than the
combined armies of the world;
   
I have destroyed more men
than all the wars of a nation;
   
I have caused millions of accidents and
wrecked more homes than all the floods,
tornadoes and hurricanes put together;
   
I am the world's slickest thief.
I steal billions of dollars each year;
   
I find my victims among the rich and poor alike,
the young and the old,
the strong and the weak;
   
I loom up to such proportions
that I cast a shadow over every field of labor;
   
I am relentless, insidious, unpredictable;
   
I am everywhere -- in the home, on the street,
in the factory, in the office,
on the sea and in the air;
   
I bring sickness, poverty and death;
   
I give nothing and take all;
   
I am your worst enemy;
   
I am alcohol.

                                                                                                                  - Anonymous