Absolute Power – Page 2

Absolute power does not

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible. Frank Herbert

The mistakes (of leaders) are amplified by the numbers who follow them without question. Charismatic leaders tend to build up followings, power structures and these power structures tend to be taken over by people who are corruptible. I don’t think that the old saw about ‘power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely’ is accurate: I … Read more

The Book of Job

The Book of Job is advice on how to live in terms of the absolute power of nature. Leviathan is advice on how to live in terms of the absolute power of the state. Donald Phillip Verene

Do you honestly think

Do you honestly think Lenin is any different from J.P. Morgan? That you, if you were given absolute power, would behave any differently? Do you know the primary difference between men and gods?…Gods don’t think they can become men. Dennis Lehane

Numerous politicians have seized

Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians. David Brinkley

You have the absolute

You have the absolute power to change someone’s life with kindness. Curt Mega

With people in high

With people in high office, the old – you go into the extreme, which is absolute power and absolute power corrupts. Clint Eastwood

The pure Christian State

The pure Christian State is a State in which theological law prevails. This law attains to real power or, to be more exact, absolute power, when through its results which are identical with those of opium, it puts all parts of humanity to sleep. If some occasionally awake they carry out crimes that horrify humanity … Read more

Well, I have an

Well, I have an interest in power. I have an interest in people who find themselves in the position to exercise absolute power Boyd Rice

Those who seek absolute

Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth. And let me remind you, they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyrannies. Absolute power does corrupt, and those who … Read more