Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln
Absolute faith corrupts as
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power. Eric Hoffer
Corrupt Power
The limits of tyrants
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose. Frederick Douglass
Power concedes nothing without
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Frederick Douglass
The sane are usually
The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. David Brin
It is said that
It is 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. David Brin
The students I’ve been
The students I’ve been with these twenty years are looking for a world where it becomes a little easier to love and a lot harder to hate, where learning nonviolence means that we dedicate our hearts, minds, time, and money to a commitment that the force of love, the force of truth, the force of … Read more
The force of love,
The force of love, the force of reunion is unstoppable. Charles Eisenstein
It is not power
It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. Aung San Suu Kyi
It is not power
It is not power that corrupts but fear. Aung San Suu Kyi