It is all very well to talk about being the captain of your soul. It is hard, and only a few heroes, saints, and geniuses have been the captains of their souls for any extended period of their lives. Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort which it brings.
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Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
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Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the
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