Power will intoxicate

Power will intoxicate
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.
  

Jan, 20 2012     140 chars (1 sms)     976 views       Quotes

more Quotes SMS Messages

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.
In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.
Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.
What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.
If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!
Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.
It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.
Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.
Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.
The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.