Power is what spoils people. Yes, it seems to me that the seeking after power is the great danger and the great corruptor of mankind.

I read world literature and I read French romances in the originals. I had quite a profound knowledge - no, that sounds conceited, but I did have a profound in…

Some of the defendants say that dictatorship can be good if there is a good dictator. But I say that a man cannot stay good if he becomes a dictator. Authorita…

If you outlaw half a million people you make martyrs of them. For example, if you outlaw Robin Hood, it is all very well, but if you outlaw a whole group of pe…

'Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.'

Opportunity marries with circumstance and is midwife to the resultant bartering of public office. The mutuality is advantage to the parties involved merely fac…

The political arena leaves one no alternative, one must either be a dunce or a rogue.