Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Lord Acton (1834-1902)
Letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 1887-Apr-05
If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)