"It's said that 'power corrupts', but actually it's more
true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are
usually attracted by other things than power. When they
do act, they think of it as service, which has limits.
The tyrant, though, seeks mastery, for which he is insa-
tiable, implacable."
David Brin
_The Postman_
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H. L. Mencken: "The American public knows what it wants,
and deserves to get it good and hard."
true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are
usually attracted by other things than power. When they
do act, they think of it as service, which has limits.
The tyrant, though, seeks mastery, for which he is insa-
tiable, implacable."
David Brin
_The Postman_
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H. L. Mencken: "The American public knows what it wants,
and deserves to get it good and hard."
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power attracts the corruptible.
The sane are usually attracted by other things than... - Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Lord Acton (1834-1902) >>>-----Variations... - Power corrupts-
isn't that what it's for... - It is not power itself,
but the legitimization of the lust for power which... - Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.
Edward... - Power corrupts -
absolute power is even more fun... - glitch: /glich/ [from German `glitschen' to slip, via Yiddish
`glitshen',
to slide or skid] 1. n. A sudden interruption in ... - glitch /glich/
[very common; from German `glitschig' to
slip,
via Yiddish `glitshen', to slide or skid] 1. n. A ... - Power corrupts.
And atomic power corrupts atomically...
