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It's 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. When they do act, they think of it as service, which has limits. The tyrant, though, seeks mastery, for which he is insa- tiable, implacable.
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David Brin _The Postman_
Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.
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David Brinkley (1920 - 2003)

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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.
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David Brin (1950 - ), on power and corruption
A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.
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David Brink
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